List of canals in the United States
Appearance
The following is a list of canals in the United States:
Transportation canals in operation
- Augusta Canal (Georgia)
- Cal-Sag Channel (Chicago)
- Canaveral Barge Canal (Merritt Island, Florida)
- Cape Cod Canal (Massachusetts, part of the ICW)
- Cape May Canal (New Jersey, part of the ICW)
- Cascade Canal (Oregon)
- Cayuga–Seneca Canal (New York)
- Chain of Rocks Canal (Illinois)
- Champlain Canal (New York)
- Chesapeake and Delaware Canal (Maryland and Delaware, part of the Intracoastal Waterway)
- Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, part of the Illinois Waterway
- Delaware Division of the Pennsylvania Canal (partially active)
- Dismal Swamp Canal (Virginia and North Carolina, part of the ICW)
- Duluth Ship Canal (Minnesota)
- Erie Canal (New York)
- Gowanus Canal (Brooklyn, New York)
- Great Lakes Waterway (borders Canada), including the Saint Marys Falls Canal
- Harlem River Ship Canal (New York)
- Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal
- Industrial Canal (Inner Harbor Navigation Canal, New Orleans)
- Intracoastal Waterway, includes several independent canals
- Lake Washington Ship Canal (Seattle)
- Louisville and Portland Canal (Kentucky)
- Mississippi River – Gulf Outlet Canal (Louisiana)
- Oswego Canal (New York)
- Point Pleasant Canal (New Jersey, part of the Intracoastal Waterway)
- Port Townsend Ship Canal (Washington)
- Portage Lake Canal (Michigan)
- Sacramento Deep Water Ship Channel (California)
- St. Clair Flats Canal
- St. Lawrence Seaway (New York into Canada)
- Shinnecock Canal (New York)
- Soo Locks (Michigan)
- Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal (Wisconsin)
- Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway (Mississippi/Alabama)
The United States also constructed the Panama Canal on territory it controlled.
Abandoned transportation canals
- Alexandria Canal (Virginia)
- Allegheny Portage Railroad (Pennsylvania)
- Bald Eagle and Spring Creek Navigation (Pennsylvania)
- Bank's Canal (Virginia)
- Beardstown and Sangamon Canal (Illinois)
- Bellows Falls Canal (Vermont)
- Blackstone Canal (Rhode Island/Massachusetts)
- Brunswick–Altamaha Canal (Glynn County, Georgia)
- Cascade Locks and Canal (Oregon/Washington)
- Celilo Canal (Oregon/Washington}
- Chemung Canal (New York)
- Chenango Canal (New York)
- Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (Maryland/D.C.)
- Clinton–Kalamazoo Canal (Michigan; partially completed)
- Codorus Navigation (Pennsylvania)
- Columbia Canal (South Carolina)
- Conestoga Navigation (Pennsylvania)
- Conewago Canal (Pennsylvania)
- Cross Florida Barge Canal (partially completed)
- Culpeper Gold Mine Canal (Virginia)
- Cumberland and Oxford Canal (Maine, 1821-1873)
- Deep Run Canal (Virginia)
- Delaware and Hudson Canal (Pennsylvania/New York)
- Delaware and Raritan Canal (New Jersey)
- Delaware Division of the Pennsylvania Canal (partially active)
- Des Moines Rapids Canal (Iowa)
- Enfield Falls Canal (Connecticut)
- Farmington Canal (Connecticut)
- Ficklin's Canal (Virginia)
- Fox–Wisconsin Waterway (Wisconsin) (partially restored)
- Franklin Line (Pennsylvania)
- Fredericksburg Canal (Virginia)
- Genesee Valley Canal (New York)
- Hampshire and Hampden Canal (Massachusetts)
- Hennepin Canal (Illinois)
- Hocking Canal (Ohio)
- Illinois and Michigan Canal (Illinois)
- Indiana Central Canal
- James River and Kanawha Canal (only Virginia portion completed)
- Junction Canal (New York and Pennsylvania)
- Landsford Canal (South Carolina)
- Lehigh Canal (Pennsylvania)
- Leiper Canal (Pennsylvania)
- Little Falls Canal
- Love Canal (New York)
- Main Line of Public Works (Pennsylvania)
- Miami Canal (Florida)
- Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio)
- Middlesex Canal (Massachusetts)
- Milan Canal
- Morris Canal (New Jersey)
- Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio)
- Pawtucket Canal (Massachusetts)
- Pennsylvania Canal
- Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal
- Portage Canal (Wisconsin)
- Powell's Canal (Virginia)
- Rapidan Dam Canal of the Rappahannock Navigation (Virginia)
- Sandy and Beaver Canal (Pennsylvania and Ohio)
- Santee Canal (South Carolina)
- Savannah Ogeechee Canal (Georgia)
- Schuylkill Navigation (Pennsylvania)
- Skinker's Canal (Virginia)
- Snake Castle Canal (Virginia)
- South Hadley Canal (Massachusetts)
- Spring Valley Canal (Virginia)
- Susquehanna Canal (Maryland)
- Susquehanna and Tidewater Canal (Pennsylvania and Maryland)
- Suwanee Canal (Georgia)
- Taylor's Canal (Virginia)
- Union Canal (Pennsylvania)
- Wabash and Erie Canal (Ohio/Indiana)
- Walhonding Canal (Ohio)
- Warren County Canal (Ohio)
- Washington City Canal (District of Columbia)
- Wheatley's Canal (Virginia)
- Whitewater Canal (Indiana)
- Wiconisco Canal (Pennsylvania)
Irrigation, industrial and drainage canals
Arizona
California
- All-American Canal
- Beardsley Canal
- Buena Vista Canal
- California Aqueduct
- Calloway Canal
- Carrier Canal
- Coachella Canal
- Colorado River Aqueduct
- Contra Costa Canal
- Delta–Mendota Canal
- Eastside Canal
- Friant-Kern Canal
- Inter-California Canal
- Kern Island Canal
- Los Angeles Aqueduct
- Madera Canal
- Pioneer Canal
- Stine Canal
Florida
- Hillsboro Canal
- Miami Canal
- North New River Canal
- St. Lucie Canal
- Tamiami Canal
- West Palm Beach Canal
Louisiana
- 17th Street Canal
- Carondelet Canal
- Florida Canal
- London Avenue Canal
- New Orleans Outfall Canals
- Orleans Canal
- Washington-Palmetto Canal
Massachusetts
Michigan
Nebraska
- Loup Canal (Nebraska)
New Jersey
Texas
Natural inlets called canals
Lynn Canal and Portland Canal in Alaska and Hood Canal in Washington are natural inlets that use the name canal.
Canals by State 18,241 total
These are man made canals in each state that have been given a name and may consist of a narrow irrigation or drainage ditch to a large ship, municipal water and/or irrigation canal. States with extensive agricultural acreage may have many hundred to thousands of canals. USGS Topographical map numbers and latitudes and longitudes of each canal, usable as inputs into Google, Bing, etc. maps, are usually given.
References
- ^ Alabama canals[1] Accessed 14 Apr 2012
- ^ Montana canals[2] Accessed 14 Apr 2012
- ^ Alaska canals[3] Accessed 14 Apr 2012
- ^ Nebraska canals[4] Accessed 14 Apr 2012
- ^ Arizona canals[5] Accessed 14 Apr 2012
- ^ Nevada canals[6] Accessed 14 Apr 2012
- ^ Arkansas canals[7] Accessed 14 Apr 2012
- ^ New Hampshire canals[8] Accessed 14 Apr 2012
- ^ California canals[9] Accessed 14 Apr 2012
- ^ New Jersey canals[10] Accessed 14 Apr 2012
- ^ Colorado canals[11] Accessed 14 Apr 2012
- ^ New Mexico canals[12] Accessed 14 Apr 2012
- ^ Connecticut canals[13] Accessed 14 Apr 2012
- ^ New York canals[14] Accessed 14 Apr 2012
- ^ Delaware canals[15] Accessed 14 Apr 2012
- ^ North Carolina canals[16] Accessed 14 Apr 2012
- ^ Florida canals[17] Accessed 14 Apr 2012
- ^ North Dakota canals[18] Accessed 14 Apr 2012
- ^ Georgia canals[19] Accessed 14 Apr 2012
- ^ Ohio canals[20] Accessed 14 Apr 2012
- ^ Hawaii canals[21] Accessed 14 Apr 2012
- ^ Oklahoma canals[22] Accessed 14 Apr 2012
- ^ Idaho canals[23] Accessed 14 Apr 2012
- ^ Oregon canals[24] Accessed 14 Apr 2012
- ^ Illinois canals[25] Accessed 14 Apr 2012
- ^ Pennsylvania canals[26] Accessed 14 Apr 2012
- ^ Indiana canals[27] Accessed 14 Apr 2012
- ^ Rhode Island canals[28] Accessed 14 Apr 2012
- ^ Iowa canals[29] Accessed 14 Apr 2012
- ^ South Carolina canals[30] Accessed 14 Apr 2012
- ^ Kansas canals[31] Accessed 14 Apr 2012
- ^ South Dakota canals[32] Accessed 14 Apr 2012
- ^ Kentucky canals[33] Accessed 14 Apr 2012
- ^ Tennessee canals[34] Accessed 14 Apr 2012
- ^ Louisiana canals[35] Accessed 14 Apr 2012
- ^ Texas canals[36] Accessed 14 Apr 2012
- ^ Maine canals[37] Accessed 14 Apr 2012
- ^ Utah canals[38] Accessed 14 Apr 2012
- ^ Maryland canals[39] Accessed 14 Apr 2012
- ^ Vermont canals[40] Accessed 14 Apr 2012
- ^ Massachusetts canals[41] Accessed 14 Apr 2012
- ^ Virginia canals[42] Accessed 14 Apr 2012
- ^ Michigan canals[43] Accessed 14 Apr 2012
- ^ Washington canals[44] Accessed 14 Apr 2012
- ^ Minnesota canals[45] Accessed 14 Apr 2012
- ^ West Virginia canals[46] Accessed 14 Apr 2012
- ^ Mississippi canals[47] Accessed 14 Apr 2012
- ^ Wisconsin canals[48] Accessed 14 Apr 2012
- ^ Missouri canals[49] Accessed 14 Apr 2012
- ^ Wyoming canals[50] Accessed 14 Apr 2012