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Great Artificial Waterways of the World Explored
The piece surveys historic aims for interoceanic canals in the Americas and elsewhere, noting early efforts by Columbus and Balboa, Washingtons canal advocacy, and modern proposals from the Erie and Sault Ste. Marie to a vast Cape Cod to New Orleans route, with comparisons to European and Asian waterways. Named places include the Connecticut, Chesapeake and Ohio, Erie, Hudson, Welland, Ottawa, St Lawrence, Lake Huron, and Lake Champlain regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Pacific
Bos
United States
Caren
Connecticut River
Massachusett
George Washington
Potomac
Great Lakes
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Eris
Madison
Mississippi River
Buffalo
Hudson River
Sault Ste. Marie
Lakes Superior
Fiuron
Welland
Lakes Erie
Ontario
St. Lawrences
Lake Huron
Bor~ton
Cape Cod
New Orleans
Galveston
Massachusetts Peninsula
Long Iland Sound
New Jersey
Cape Hatteran
Georgia
Florida
Mexico
St. Lains
Assyria
Egypt
Hedsoa
Mediterranean
Suez
China
Mars
Europe
Amaterium
Holland
North Sea
Great Mertain
Katyntilhina
Manchester
Reo