Hardly a long river by the Canadian yardstick, the French is a 75-mile run, but it was a vital waterway.

Troy was able to control the marine traffic entering this vital waterway.

Located in the swamps created by the Tam River as it neared the sea, the city had controlled the estuary of that vital waterway.

The ships are designed to clear mines from vital waterways.

Traffic at the Suez Canal, a vital international waterway and a top revenue earner for Egypt, was not affected.

As many Japanese castles have historically been a very central part of their respective city, the moats have provided a vital waterway to the city.

If we don't challenge Noriega now, in the year 2000 we'll be turning a vital waterway over to a gang of thugs.

"We want vital waterways," said Bernd Zimmermann, the borough's director of planning and development.

The creek has served as a vital waterway for trade and commerce in northern Virginia since the eighteenth century.

They were built by the Ottomans to control this strategically vital waterway in preparation for their final assault on Constantinople.