North Carolina

Canal History

Canal Groups and Organizations

Major Repositories and Archives

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.

• Albemarle Chesapeake Canal (under Virginia)
• Bean Shoals Canal
• Cape Fear
• Cape Fear Lower
• Catawba River
• Clubfoot Harlow Creek
• Dismal Swamp Canal   (under Virginia)
• Faifield
• French Broad River
• Roanoke Canal
  • Index
    • Page  1
    • Page 2
    • Page 3
  • Structures
    • 2 lock combine
    • 6 Locks
      • Page 1
      • Page 2
    • Grain Mill
      • Page 1
      • Page 2
    • Hydro Plant
      • Page 1
      • Page 2
    • Weldon Aqueduct
      • Page 1
      • Page 2
      • Page 3
•  Somerset Canal

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 12/3/2022