Virginia

Canal History

A very good history of the canals of Virginia can be found at Virginia Places.

CANAL GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS

The Virginia Canals and Navigations Society is a membership organization formed to preserve and enhance the states inland waterways heritage.

The James River and Kanawha Company records are held at the library of William and Mary.

CANAL INDEX PAGES

The “canal index” project is an on-going project of the ACS to document canal sites. Most of the information is from the 1970-1990 time period, however new pages are being added. Feel free to contribute to this project by submitting a form.

Note: Canals in blue and underlined have index sheets which are accessible by double clicking on the hyperlink.

Please note that these are the actual pages done in the early 1970s.  Changes have occurred since and there are some inaccuracies in the information on the pages.

Revised 5/1/2022