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| Chronological List of Most Significant United States Canals Used by Settlers | |||
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| Name | Opened | Origin | Destination |
| Champlain Canal | 1818/1823 | Hudson River (Troy, New York) | Lake Champlain (Whitehall, New York) |
| Erie Canal | 1819/1825 | Hudson River (Albany, New York) | Lake Erie (Buffalo, New York ) |
| 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 | 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 |
| Beaver and Erie Canal | 1831/1844 | Ohio River (Beaver, Pennsylvania) | Lake Erie (Erie, Pennsylvania) |
| Pennsylvania Canal (Main Line) | 1834 | Delaware River (Philadelphia, PA) | Ohio River (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| Delaware and Raritan Canal | 1834 | Raritan River (New Brunswick, NJ) | Delaware River (Bordentown, NJ) |
| Chesapeake and Ohio Canal | 1836 | Georgetown, District of Columbia | Cumberland, Maryland |
| 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) |
| Illinois and Michigan Canal | 1848 | Lake Michigan (Chicago, Illinois) | Illinois River (Peru, Illinois) |