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=== {{US Migration Canals}}Historic Background  ===
=== Historic Background  ===


Transportation canals in the United states helped connect isolated rural areas to urban population centers. The golden age of historic transportation canals was from 1820 until railroads began to replace canals in the 1850s. Settlers flooded into regions serviced by such canals and the waterways they connected because they could use the waterways to sell their agricultural products and obtain manufactured goods. The Erie Canal connected New York City to the Great Lakes. The Illinois and Michigan Canal connected the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River system. The short two mile Louisville and Portland Canal by-passed some waterfalls to make the entire length of the Ohio River from the Mississippi River to Pittsburgh available to boats or rafts. Pennsylvania combined canals and railroads. New Jersey, Maryland, Ohio, and Indiana also built canals that were enticing to settlers.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Canal" in ''Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia'' at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canals (accessed 22 June 2009).</ref>  
Transportation canals in the United states helped connect isolated rural areas to urban population centers. The golden age of historic transportation canals was from 1820 until the spread of railroads about 1860. Settlers flooded into regions serviced by such canals and the waterways they connected because they could use the waterways to sell their agricultural products and obtain manufactured goods. The Erie Canal connected New York City to the Great Lakes. The Illinois and Michigan Canal connected the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River system. The short two mile Louisville and Portland Canal by-passed&nbsp;some waterfalls&nbsp;to make the entire length of the Ohio River from the Mississippi River to Pittsburgh available to&nbsp;boats or rafts. Pennsylvania combined canals and railroads. New Jersey, Maryland, Ohio, and Indiana also built canals that were enticing to settlers.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Canal" in ''Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia'' at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canals (accessed 22 June 2009).</ref>  


Understanding the transportation systems available to ancestors can help genealogists better guess their place of origin. Connect the place where an ancestor settled to the nearby canals, waterways, trails, roads, and railroads to look for connections to places they may have lived previously.  
Understanding the transportation systems available to ancestors can help genealogists better guess their place of origin. Connect the place where an ancestor settled to the nearby canals, waterways, trails, roads, and railroads to look for connections to places they may have lived previously.


=== List of Significant Canals  ===
=== List of Significant Canals  ===


Some of the most significant transportation canals to affect American settlement were:  
Some of the most significant canals to American settlers were:  


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| '''Name'''  
| '''Name'''  
| '''Opened'''  
| '''Date Opened'''  
| '''Origin'''  
| '''Origin'''  
| '''Destination'''
| '''Destination'''
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| [[Champlain Canal|Champlain Canal]]
| Champlain Canal  
| 1818/1823  
| 1818/1823  
| Hudson River (Troy, New York)  
| Hudson River (Troy, New York)  
| Lake Champlain (Whitehall, New York)
| Lake Champlain (Whitehall, New York)
|-
|-
| [[Erie Canal|Erie Canal]]
| Erie Canal<br>
| 1819/1825
| 1825/1832
| Hudson River (Albany, New York)  
| Hudson River (Albany, New York)<br>
| Lake Erie (Buffalo, New York )
| Lake Erie (Buffalo, New York )<br>
|-
| [https://www.schuylkillriver.org/Schuylkill_Canal.aspx Schuykill Canal]
| 1825
| Delaware River (Philadelphia, PA)
| Union Canal (Reading, Pennsylvania)
|-
| Union Canal
| 1828
| Schuykill Canal (Reading, Pennsylvania)
| Susquehanna River (Middletown, PA)
|-
|-
| Ohio and Erie Canal  
| Ohio and Erie Canal  
| 1828/1832  
| 1828/1832  
| Lake Erie (Cleveland, Ohio)  
| Lake Erie (Cleveland, Ohio)<br>
| Ohio River (Portsmouth, Ohio)
| Ohio River (Portsmouth, Ohio)<br>
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|-
| Louisville and Portland Canal  
| Louisville and Portland Canal  
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| 2 mile (3.2 km) waterfall by-pass
| 2 mile (3.2 km) waterfall by-pass
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|-
| Beaver and Erie Canal  
| Delaware and Raritan Canal
| 1831/1844
| 1834
| Ohio River (Beaver, Pennsylvania)  
| Raritan River (New Brunswick, New Jersey)
| Lake Erie (Erie, Pennsylvania)
| Delaware River (Bordentown, New Jersey
|-
|-
| Pennsylvania Canal (Main Line) 
| Chesapeake and Ohio Canal<br>
| 1834
| Delaware River (Philadelphia, PA)
| Ohio River (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
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| [[Delaware and Raritan Canal|Delaware and Raritan Canal]]
| 1834
| Raritan River (New Brunswick, NJ)
| Delaware River (Bordentown, NJ)
|-
| Chesapeake and Ohio Canal  
| 1836  
| 1836  
| Georgetown, District of Columbia
| Georgetown, D.C.
| Cumberland, Maryland
| Cumberland, Maryland
|-
| [http://www.fisa-in.org/news/articles/canal_records.html Wabash and Erie Canal]
| 1837/1853
| Lake Erie (Toledo, Ohio)
| Ohio River (Evansville, Indiana)
|-
| Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal
| 1840
| Beaver and Erie Canal (New Castle, PA)
| Ohio and Erie Canal (Akron, Ohio)
|-
| Miami and Erie Canal
| 1845
| Ohio River (Cincinnati, Ohio)
| Lake Erie (Toledo, Ohio)
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|-
| Illinois and Michigan Canal  
| Illinois and Michigan Canal  
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| Lake Michigan (Chicago, Illinois)  
| Lake Michigan (Chicago, Illinois)  
| Illinois River (Peru, Illinois)
| Illinois River (Peru, Illinois)
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=== Links  ===
 
*[https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/United_States_Reconstructing_Ancestral_Migration_Routes_- International Institute Reconstructing Ancestral Migration Routes]
*[http://www.cyndislist.com/canals/ Cyndi's List - Canals, Rivers and Waterways]
 
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Historic Background[edit | edit source]

Transportation canals in the United states helped connect isolated rural areas to urban population centers. The golden age of historic transportation canals was from 1820 until the spread of railroads about 1860. Settlers flooded into regions serviced by such canals and the waterways they connected because they could use the waterways to sell their agricultural products and obtain manufactured goods. The Erie Canal connected New York City to the Great Lakes. The Illinois and Michigan Canal connected the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River system. The short two mile Louisville and Portland Canal by-passed some waterfalls to make the entire length of the Ohio River from the Mississippi River to Pittsburgh available to boats or rafts. Pennsylvania combined canals and railroads. New Jersey, Maryland, Ohio, and Indiana also built canals that were enticing to settlers.[1]

Understanding the transportation systems available to ancestors can help genealogists better guess their place of origin. Connect the place where an ancestor settled to the nearby canals, waterways, trails, roads, and railroads to look for connections to places they may have lived previously.

List of Significant Canals[edit | edit source]

Some of the most significant canals to American settlers were:

Chronological List of United States Canals Used by Settlers
Name Date Opened Origin Destination
Champlain Canal 1818/1823 Hudson River (Troy, New York) Lake Champlain (Whitehall, New York)
Erie Canal
 1825/1832 Hudson River (Albany, New York)
 Lake Erie (Buffalo, New York )
Ohio and Erie Canal 1828/1832 Lake Erie (Cleveland, Ohio)
 Ohio River (Portsmouth, Ohio)
Louisville and Portland Canal 1830 Ohio River (Louisville, Kentucky) 2 mile (3.2 km) waterfall by-pass
Delaware and Raritan Canal 1834 Raritan River (New Brunswick, New Jersey) Delaware River (Bordentown, New Jersey
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
 1836 Georgetown, D.C. Cumberland, Maryland
Illinois and Michigan Canal 1848 Lake Michigan (Chicago, Illinois) Illinois River (Peru, Illinois)

Sources[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Canal" in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canals (accessed 22 June 2009).



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