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Canada
1926 St. Lawrence Waterway General Map Lake Ontario to Montreal
1926 St. Lawrence Waterway International Rapids Section
1973 Map Showing Location of Navigation Canals, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs.
United States
1830 Map of the Canals and Railroads of the United States
1834 Map of the Railroads and Canals, Finished, Unfinished, and in Contemplation, in the United States.
1840 Map of the Canals and Railroads of the United States
1852 Map of the Various Channels Conveying the Trade of the North-West to the Atlantic Seaboard, and the Effect of the Enlargement of the Erie Canal, published by the NYS Engineer and Surveyor.
1862 Map Shewing the Several Routes Proposed for the Passage of Gun-Boats to the Lakes
1905 Map of the Canals and Navigable Rivers of the United States and Canada, by Henry Van Alstine and included in the NYS Annual Report.
1990 Map from the Book “Canals for a Nation,” which was based on the “Atlas of American History.” It offers a decent overview of the inland navigation that was built by 1860.
Map of the Mississippi River and Tributaries Inland Waterways System, from the USACE.
Central America / Panama
1864 Map and Profile of the Route for the Construction of a Ship Canal between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
Delaware / Maryland
Map of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, by Henry Schenck Tanner.
Florida
1966 Map of the Cross-Florida Barge Canal Project.
Massachusetts
1967 Map of the 1793-1853 Middlesex Canal drawn by Wilbar Hoxie.
Ohio
1894 Profiles of the Ohio Canal System. Both the Ohio and Erie and the Miami and Erie are shown. The large map is shown in two sections, Northern and Southern.
1952 Map of the Sandy and Beaver Canal. Western half. This map was included in the Max Gard book about the Sandy and Beaver.
1952 Map of the Sandy and Beaver Canal. Eastern half. This map was included in the Max Gard book about the Sandy and Beaver.
1981 Map of The Ohio and Erie Canal in Tuscarawas County, drawn by R. Klansek.
1982 Historical Map of the Ohio Canals by Ron Reid, PE.
1983 The Waterways of Eastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania, by Ron Reid, PE.
The Ohio and Erie Canal, complete system, by Jeff Maximovich, in three sections. Northern Section between Lake Erie and New Philadelphia. Middle Section between Millersport and New Philadelphia. Southern Section between Millersport and Ohio River.
1991 Map of the Walhonding Canal by Terry Woods.
New York
1790 Map of the Head Waters of the Rivers Susquehanna and Delaware Embracing the Early Patents on the South Side of the Mohawk River, by Simeon De Witt
1821 Map and Profile of the Proposed Canal from Lake Erie to the Hudson River. Half of map showing Albany to the Montezuma Marshes.
1821 Map and Profile of the Proposed Canal from Lake Erie to the Hudson River. Half of map showing Montezuma Marshes to Buffalo.
Black River Reservoirs Sketch, showing proposed improvements to watershed.
Map Sketch of the Proposed Bisby, Woodhill Feeder.
Map Sketch Showing the Location of Oil Creek and the Rockville Reservoirs, and a Portion of the Genesee Valley Canal.
1893 Revised Map of the Rail Roads of the State of New York.
Pennsylvania
1840 J.A. Sheaff Map of the projected railway from Harrisburg to Pittsburgh with proposed extensions to Cleveland, Cincinnati and St. Louis, in connection with the public works of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.
1983 The Waterways of Eastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania, by Ron Reid, PE.
2022 Map of the Schuylkill Navigation drawn by Morgan Pfaelzer for the book “Inland: The Abandoned Canals of the Schuylkill Navigation” by Sandy Sorlien.
Virginia
1838 Chart of the Head of Navigation of the Potomac River Showing the Route of the Alexandria Canal
Wisconsin
1839 Map of a Route for A Canal to Avoid the Principal Rapids of the Neenah or Fox River Between Lake Winnebago and Green Bay
1839 Map of the Neenah or Fox River and the Proposed Canals from Fond du Lac to Rock River and the Wiskonsin.