The Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal was built by a corporation in 1856-1860 to afford inland navigation between the Chesapeake Bay and the Albemarle Sound...
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Swamp and suggested draining it and digging a north–south canal through it to connect the waters of the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia and Albemarle Sound...
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Intracoastal Waterway (redirect from Intracoastal Canal)
Cape Cod Canal Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal Alligator-Pungo Canal Assawoman Canal Dismal Swamp Canal Cape May Canal Delaware...
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Elizabeth River (Virginia) (section Importance and use)
tributaries which depend upon it. Through its Southern Branch and the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal, the Elizabeth River also is a gateway to points to the...
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Carolina, and North Carolina. To reach Chesapeake Bay, boats have a choice of the Dismal Swamp Canal or the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal. Cruising north...
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Great Dismal Swamp (category Landforms of Chesapeake, Virginia)
Canal. The canal is 22 miles long, and was completed in 1805 to provide a pathway for trade between Chesapeake Bay, Virginia and the Albemarle Sound in...
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the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal, which is a part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway that connects the sound to Hampton Roads and the Chesapeake Bay...
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connecting the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal (linking the Bay to the north and the Delaware River) with the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal (linking the...
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steamer operating on the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal. She was taken over by the State of North Carolina in May 1861, and transferred to the Confederate...
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and Grandy, about 20 miles (32 km) south of the Virginia state line, and is at mile marker 50 on the southern portion of the Albemarle and Chesapeake...
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and kayaking) 17th Street Canal Carondelet Canal Florida Canal London Avenue Canal New Orleans Outfall Canals Orleans Canal Washington-Palmetto Canal...
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into Albemarle Sound from the north. North of the city is the Dismal Swamp Canal. To the east is the southern segment of the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal...
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of North Carolina Director of the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal Delegate to two National Democratic and two National Republican conventions Presidential...
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the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal, which simplified shipping methods for fishermen. Saltwater fishing became the cash-crop of the Outer Banks, and blossomed...
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transition between the Southern Branch Elizabeth River and the Chesapeake and Albemarle Canal, lies the site of the Battle of Great Bridge. Fought on...
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sounds were linked to Norfolk, Virginia by the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal and the Dismal Swamp Canal. The blockade of Norfolk could not be complete...
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Beach and Norfolk, Virginia, United States (Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal) Eastern Virginia and North Carolina, United States (Dismal Swamp Canal) Potonggang-guyok...
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Beltway) Chesapeake Bay Chesapeake Bay Bridge (US 50 / US 301) Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Chesapeake City Bridge (MD 213) Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Summit...
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Great Bridge Bridge (category Bridges in Chesapeake, Virginia)
Great Bridge, Virginia, in 1859, after the construction of Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal (which is part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway). During...
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the Panama Canal Zone. Diverted while en route, Albemarle anchored in the harbor at San Juan, Puerto Rico, on the morning of 28 February, and that afternoon...
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Centreville–Fentress Historic District (category Buildings and structures in Chesapeake, Virginia)
1880s, with the addition of the Norfolk and Elizabeth City Railroad link to the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal. Notable resources include the Fentress...
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officer selected by General Butler ... from Norfolk through the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal." Butler's replacement, Major General George H. Gordon, was...
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Register of Historic Places listings in Chesapeake, Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register...
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became a part of Albemarle County. When Amherst County, Nelson County and Buckingham County were split off from Albemarle County, the Albemarle County Seat...
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USS Whitehead (section CSS Albemarle, 1864)
the mouth of the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal with fill on 23–24 April. She captured schooner Eugenia in Bennett's Creek on 20 May and took Ella D off...
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Elizabeth City, North Carolina (category Historic Albemarle Tour)
and Roanoke Railroad, completed in the 1830s, allowed for goods to be transported from the Roanoke River directly to Weldon. The Albemarle–Chesapeake...
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Edward Burr (section Death and legacy)
he worked on improvements to the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal. He was promoted to captain in September 1894, and was transferred to Washington, D.C...
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Virginia State Route 165 (category Transportation in Chesapeake, Virginia)
the highway enters the city of Virginia Beach by crossing the Chesapeake and Albemarle Canal at its eastern end at the North Landing River. SR 165 heads...
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The Charlottesville and Albemarle Railway (C&A) was a short electric street railroad operating within the city of Charlottesville, Virginia, United States...
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Battle of Great Bridge (category National Register of Historic Places in Chesapeake, Virginia)
him back to the fleet. After further raiding operations in the Chesapeake, Dunmore and the British fleet left for New York City in August 1776. Dunmore...
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