Ter Apelkanaal

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| name = Ter Apelkanaal

| settlement_type = Village

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| image_skyline = File:Ter Apelkanaal 01.JPG

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| image_caption = Sculpture in Ter Apelkanaal

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Netherlands

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Groningen

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = Westerwolde

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| coordinates = {{coord|52|55|4|N|7|2|27|E|region:NL_type:city(1060)|display=inline,title}}

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| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 9563PA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 1 March 2022}}

| elevation_m = 11

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| area_total_km2 = 2.06

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| population_footnotes = {{cite web|url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau Statistics |access-date=1 March 2022}}

| population_total = 660

| population_as_of = 2021

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| population_density_km2 = auto

| timezone = CET

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| timezone_DST = CEST

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| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 9563

| area_code_type = Dialing code

| area_code = 0599

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Ter Apelkanaal ({{langx|gos|Troapelknoal}} {{IPA|gos|ˌtrʊːpl̩ˈknʊːl|}}) is a town in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is a part of the municipality of Westerwolde, and lies about {{convert|17|km|0|abbr=on}} northeast of Emmen.

The city of Groningen decided to dig a canal along the border with Drenthe to exploit the peat. The canal was finished in 1856 and named Ter Apelkanaal and the settlement was named after the canal.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/ter-apelkanaal |title=Ter Apelkanaal |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=1 March 2022 |language=nl}}

On 1902, construction started of a potato starch factory "Musselkanaal en Omstreken" in Ter Apelkanaal.{{cite news|url=https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?facets%5Bperiode%5D%5B%5D=2%7C20e_eeuw%7C1900-1909%7C1904%7C&query=musselkanaal+omstreken+fabriek&coll=ddd&identifier=MMKB08:000191430:mpeg21:a0004&resultsidentifier=MMKB08:000191430:mpeg21:a0004&rowid=4 |title=No 1345 |date=20 February 1904 |website=Akten betreffende coöperatieve vereenigingen |access-date=1 March 2022 |language=nl}} The factory is nowadays owned by Royal Avebe.

Ter Apelkanaal used to be part of Vlagtwedde. In 2017, it was merged into Westerwolde.