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| ! colspan="4" | Chronological List of Most Significant [[US Migration Canals|United States Canals]] Used by Settlers | | ! <center>Most Significant [[US Migration Canals|United States Canals]] Used by Settlers</center> |
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| | '''Name'''
| | | [[Champlain Canal]]{{·}} [[Erie Canal]]{{·}} [[Schuykill Canal]]{{·}} [[Union Canal]]{{·}} [[Ohio and Erie Canal]]{{·}} [[Louisville and Portland Canal]]{{·}} [[Beaver and Erie Canal]]{{·}} [[Main Line of Pennsylvania Canal|Pennsylvania Canal (Main Line)]]{{·}} [[Delaware and Raritan Canal]]{{·}} [[Chesapeake and Ohio Canal]]{{·}} [[Wabash and Erie Canal]]{{·}} [[Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal]]{{·}} [[Miami and Erie Canal]]{{·}} [[Illinois and Michigan Canal]] |
| | '''Opened'''
| |
| | '''Origin'''
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| | '''Destination'''
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| |-
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| | [[Champlain Canal|Champlain Canal]] | |
| | 1818/1823
| |
| | Hudson River (Troy, New York)
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| | Lake Champlain (Whitehall, New York)
| |
| |-
| |
| | [[Erie Canal|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
| |
| |-
| |
| | [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)
| |
| |-
| |
| | Illinois and Michigan Canal
| |
| | 1848
| |
| | Lake Michigan (Chicago, Illinois)
| |
| | Illinois River (Peru, Illinois)
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