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-''[[United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Migration Internal|Migration]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[US Migration Canals|Canals]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[New Jersey]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Delaware and Raritan Canal|Delaware and Raritan Canal]]''
+''[[United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Migration Internal|Migration]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[US Migration Canals|Canals]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[New Jersey]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Delaware_and_Raritan_Canal|Delaware and Raritan Canal]]''
 [[Image:{{Delaware and Raritan Canal Lock Pic}}]]The '''Delaware and Raritan Canal (D&amp;R Canal)''' in [[New Jersey]] was a reliable, energy-efficient route between [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadephia]] and [[New York City, New York|New York City]] from 1834 to 1932. It also made a shorter route for boats from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthracite_coal anthracite coal] fields of eastern [[Pennsylvania]] to reach [[New York City, New York|New York City]]. The canal reached from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raritan_River Raritan River] at [[New Brunswick, New Jersey|New Brunswick, Middlesex, New Jersey]] to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_River Delaware River] at Trenton, [[Mercer County, New Jersey|Mercer, New Jersey]], and then along the Delaware River to Bordentown, [[Burlington County, New Jersey|Burlington, New Jersey]]. One feeder canal stretched from Trenton northwest to Frenchtown, [[Hunterdon County, New Jersey|Hunterdon, New Jersey]]. The main canal from New Brunswick to Bordentown was 44 miles (71 km) long; with the feeder canals the total was 66 miles (107 km) long.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Delaware and Raritan Canal" in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_and_Raritan_Canal (accessed 26 November 2011).</ref> <br><br>
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 :*the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean Atlantic Ocean], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_Bay Delaware Bay] connected [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]] with [[:Category:Europe|Europe]], [[:Category:Africa|Africa]], the [[:Category:Caribbean|Caribbean]], and [[:Category:South America|South America]]
 :*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_River Delaware River] a pre-historic patthway serving as the border between [[New Jersey|New Jersey]] and [[Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]] rises in [[Schoharie County, New York|Schoharie County, New York]] and flows by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lehigh_Canal Lehigh Canal] in Pennsylvania, [[Frenchtown, New Jersey|Frenchtown]], [[Trenton, New Jersey|Trenton]]&nbsp;where river meets tidewater, and past [[Bordentown, New Jersey|Bordentown]] in New Jersey, [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]] in Pennsylvania to empty into the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean North Atlantic Ocean].
-:*Minsi Path pre-historic
+:*[[Minsi Path|Minsi Path]] a pre-historic American Indian trail from [[Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] to [[Kingston,_New_York|Kingston, New York]].
 :*[[King's Highway]] 1673 connected [[Boston, Massachusetts]] to [[Charleston, South Carolina]] and many coastal cities between
-:*Great Valley Road 1744
+:*[[Great_Valley_Road|Great Valley Road]]&nbsp;an ancient American Indian trail that served as the border to Indian land until 1744 and became one of the most important westward migration routes from [[Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] to [[Knoxville_Knox_County_Tennessee|Knoxville, Tennessee]] including a south fork from [[Roanoke,_Virginia|Roanoke, Virginia]] to [[Augusta,_Georgia|Augusta, Georgia]].
-:*Forbes Road 1758
+:*[[Forbes_Road|Forbes Road]]&nbsp;built during the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_and_Indian_War French and Indian War] in 1758 to help the British army attack French forces by reaching from [[Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Duquesne Fort Duquesne] ([[Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]).
-:*[[Delaware and Raritan Canal]] 1834 connected [[New Brunswick, New Jersey]] on the Raritan River (and NY City) to [[Bordontown, New Jersey]] on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_River Delaware River] and parts of [[Pennsylvania]]
+:*[[Delaware_and_Raritan_Canal]] 1834 connected [[New Brunswick, New Jersey]] on the Raritan River (and NY City) to [[Bordontown, New Jersey]] on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_River Delaware River] and parts of [[Pennsylvania]]
 The migration pathways connected at the northeast end of the '''Delaware and Raritan Canal''' in [[New York City, New York|New York City]] included:
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 :*the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean Atlantic Ocean], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Island_Sound Long Island Sound] connected [[New York City, New York|New York City]] with [[:Category:Europe|Europe]], [[:Category:Africa|Africa]], the [[:Category:Caribbean|Caribbean]], and [[:Category:South America|South America]]
 :*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_River Hudson River] a navigable river stretching from north of [[Albany, New York|Albany]] then flowing south to empty into the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean Atlantic Ocean] at [[New York City, New York|New York City]]
-:*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raritan_River Raritan River] a navigable river which rises in [[Morris_County,_New_Jersey|Morris County]] and flows through central New Jersey past [[Manville, New Jersey|Manville]] to [[New_Brunswick,_New_Jersey|New Brunswick]] where it meets the tide.
+:*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raritan_River Raritan River] a navigable river which rises in [[Morris County, New Jersey|Morris County]] and flows through central New Jersey past [[Manville, New Jersey|Manville]] to [[New Brunswick, New Jersey|New Brunswick]] where it meets the tide.
 :*[[Great Shamokin Path]] a pre-historic Indian path from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Island Long Island] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Erie Lake Erie] mostly in [[Pennsylvania]]
-:*Port of New York City 1624 where ships from around the world brought immigrants, and boats could go up the Hudston River
+:*Port of [[New_York_City,_New_York|New York City]] 1624 where ships from around the world brought immigrants, and boats could go up the Hudston River
 :*[[Albany Post Road|Albany Post Road]] (or Queen's Road, or King's Road) 1669
 :*[[King's Highway]] (or Boston Post Road) 1673 connected [[Boston, Massachusetts]] to [[Charleston, South Carolina]] and many coastal cities between
 :*[[Morris Canal]] 1831 connected [[Jersey City, New Jersey]] (and NY City) to [[Philipsburg, New Jersey]] on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_River Delaware River] and part of [[Pennsylvania]]
-:*[[Delaware and Raritan Canal]] 1834 connected [[New Brunswick, New Jersey]] on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raritan_River Raritan River] (and NY City) to [[Bordontown, New Jersey]] on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_River Delaware River] and parts of [[Pennsylvania]]
+:*[[Delaware_and_Raritan_Canal]] 1834 connected [[New Brunswick, New Jersey]] on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raritan_River Raritan River] (and NY City) to [[Bordontown, New Jersey]] on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_River Delaware River] and parts of [[Pennsylvania]]
 Also, the [[King's Highway]] crossed over the middle of the '''Delaware and Raritan Canal''' at Trenton, Princeton, and New Brunswick in New Jersey.