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The Canals are a network of rivers and drainage tunnels which served as both drainage and possibly transportation located in City 17 and the Wasteland.

Contents 1 Overview 1.1 Features 1.2 Resistance presence 2 Appearances 2.1 Half-Life 2 3 Behind the scenes 4 Gallery 4.1 Pre-release 4.2 Retail 5 List of appearances 6 Notes and references 7 See also 8 External links

[edit] Overview

[edit] Features

The canals near or in City 17 appears to be heavily used as drainage, and has a very large network of sewers and waste tunnels. Because of the Combine invasion and the drop of earth's resources, the canals near the city had almost all drained out, and what remains is the riverbed and a large amount of waste. The canals are infested with Xen wildlife, made worse by constant Headcrab shells being fired by the Combine.

Outside City 17, the canals appear to be more rivers and waterways than tunnels and sewers, and was probably used more for transportation than drainage and waste disposal, as shown by the many shipwrecks along the larger tunnels. The water levels, however, are low, and following the Combine invasion, a large portion of the canals in both the city and outside had become toxic waste or other hazardous materials.

Civil Protection units frequently patrolled the canals for resistance activity, and were tasked with maintaining the many useful buildings and outposts located along the rivers.

[edit] Resistance presence

The Resistance had established an organised system of stations for refugees hoping to escape City 17. Through the use of radios and hidden bases containing supplies and living quarters, the Resistance had formed a rather strong foothold in the canal areas.

Resistance used both the canals inside City 17 and outside, using the many tunnels and drainage areas to secretly establish living areas and bases.

[edit] Appearances

[edit] Half-Life 2

With the arrival of Gordon Freeman, Civil Protection was fully aware of the presence of resistance refugee stations, and were conducting raids on the stations and killing Resistance personnel. Eventually all the stations were either found and destroyed, or were closed down and abandoned. Freeman did however destroy almost all of the Civil Protection's outposts on his way to Black Mesa East.

[edit] Behind the scenes

• The Canals were originally to feature Bullsquids, cut from the final release.^[2][3]
• The levels were also to be much longer and allow the player a deeper view of the Wasteland part of the Canals.^[2]

[edit] Gallery

[edit] Pre-release

Building near the Canals.	Industrial part of the Canals.	Bridge and cracks.	Radioactive waste.
Razor Train passing on a bridge above the Canals.	Bridge above the Canals.	Bridges above the Canals.	Bullsquids in the Canals.
The Wasteland part of the Canals.	Ditto.	Ditto.	Ditto.
Ditto.	Ditto.	Ditto.	Ditto.

[edit] Retail

Map of the Canals.	The player's first close encounter with some Civil Protection officers beating Citizens.	Razor Train passing by a canal and residential apartments.	Inside Station 12.
Metrocop killing Rebels with a mounted AR2 at Station 12.	The Station 12 massacre.	Lambda supply cache.	Resistance-occupied tunnel.
Hunter-Chopper aiming at the player.	Station 6 after a Headcrab Shells bombardment.	Canal area containing hazardous materials, Headcrab Shells and a few Headcrabs.	Metrocops in the Canals.
Hunter-Chopper passing by Station 7.	Station 7.	Dark canal.	A rebel bridge puzzle needed to be solved to proceed with the Airboat.
Ditto.	G-Man spotted on a bridge in the Canals.	The G-Man near the dam before Black Mesa East.	The dam before Black Mesa East.
The generating station facing Black Mesa East.	The generating station concealing Black Mesa East.

[edit] List of appearances

• Half-Life 2 (First appearance)
• Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar

[edit] Notes and references

[edit] See also

• Half-Life 2 original storyline#Sewers / Canals
• Half-Life 2 original storyline#The Wild - The Wasteland - The Scrapland

[edit] External links

• "c17_outside", a fixed map of the Beta canals (based on "canals_01_15"; requires Episode Two)

Preceded by City 17

Half-Life 2 story arc journey

Succeeded by The Wasteland

Preceded by City 17

Half-Life 2 original storyline

Succeeded by The Wasteland

Locations of the Half-Life universe
General		Earth
Half-Life		Black Mesa Transit System · Black Mesa Research Facility · Xen
Half-Life: Opposing Force		Santego Military Base
Half-Life 2		Black Mesa East · Bridge Point · Citadel · City 14 · City 17 · City 17 Trainstation · Canals · The Coast · Combine Overworld · Depot · Dock 137 · Kleiner's Lab · Lighthouse Point · New Little Odessa · Nova Prospekt · Overwatch Nexus · Petroleum Station · Ravenholm · Shorepoint Base · Station 6 · Station 7 · Station 8 · Station 9 · Station 12 · Underground Railroad · Vortigaunt Camp · The Wasteland
Half-Life 2: Episode One		Citadel Core · City 17 Underground · Hospital · Technical Trainstation
Portal		Aperture Laboratories
Half-Life 2: Episode Two		Borealis · The Outlands · Victory Mine · White Forest · The White Forest Inn
Half-Life 2 (cut)		Air Exchange · Alyx's Home · Antlion Caves · Borealis · City 40 · City 49 · Combine Factories · Kraken Base · Manhack Arcade · St. Olga · Skyscraper · Vance Headquarters · Weather Control