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. It comprises two canals that are apart, one long between the Elizabeth River and the North Landing River in Virginia, and the other long between Currituck Sound and the North River in North Carolina. and Accompanying four photos and Accompanying maps
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
Sources Dictionary of American History, by James Truslow Adams, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940
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