Helm Canal

The Helm Canal is an aqueduct named after William Helm in , United States, involved in a series of water transfers to eliminate selenium bearing brackish waters to the San Joaquin River to bypass agricultural deliveries.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Save Mart Center and Valley Children’s Stadium.

Convention center
Photo: Bobak, CC BY 3.0.
at Fresno State is a multi-purpose arena, on the campus of California State University, Fresno, located in . An open house was held for the community on November 5, 2003, with the official ribbon cutting following on November 27, 2003.

Stadium
Valley Children's Stadium, also known as Jim Sweeney Field at Bulldog Stadium, is an outdoor college football in the , located on the campus of California State University, Fresno, in . is situated 1½ miles southwest of Helm Canal.

Library
The Fresno State Library is the name of an academic library in . It serves as the main resource for recorded knowledge and information supporting the teaching, research, and service functions of the California State University, Fresno.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Clovis and Pinedale.

is a city in , United States. It was established in 1890 as a freight stop for the San Joaquin Valley Railroad by a group of Fresno businessmen and Michigan railroad speculator Marcus Pollasky.

Locality
is a community within the city of . Once a rural unincorporated community located on the Southern Pacific Railroad 3.5 miles north-northwest of , has since become surrounded and annexed by the city of Fresno. is situated 3 miles west of Helm Canal.

Locality
The Valley Division of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway ran from to in California. It is currently in operation as the BNSF Railway's Stockton Subdivision and Bakersfield Subdivision. is situated 5 miles south of Helm Canal.

Helm Canal

Latitude
36.82967° or 36° 49′ 47″ north
Longitude
-119.73459° or 119° 44′ 5″ west
Elevation
351 feet (107 metres)
Open location code
8582R7H8+V5
Geo­Names ID
5356253
Wiki­data ID
Q5709190
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Satellite Map

Discover Helm Canal from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Egyptian Arabic—“Helm Canal” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Helm Canal (kanal sa Estados Unidos, lat 36,83, long -119,73)
  • Cebuano: Helm Canal
  • Egyptian Arabic: قناة هيلم

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Highlights include O’Neill Park and Sierra Gateway Hospital.

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