
The navigational canals of the Connecticut River were made to allow transport of goods from Long Island Sound to upper Vermont without portage.
canal | LINK | location | starts | ends | length | falls feet | locks | |
1 | Enfield Falls Canal | LINK | Connecticut | 1829 | 1970s | 5.25 miles | 30 | 4 |
2 | South Hadley Canal | LINK | Massachusetts | 1794 | 1862 | 2.5 miles | 58 | 10 |
3 | Turners Falls Canal | LINK | Massachusetts | 1798 | 1856 | 3 miles | 55 | 10 |
4 | Bellows Falls Canal | LINK | Vermont | 1802 | 1858 | 0.5 miles | 52 | 9 |
5 | Sumners Falls Canal | LINK | Hartland Vermont | 1856 | feet | 12 | 2 | |
6 | Olcott Falls Canal | LINK | Wilder Vermont and New Hampshire | 1810 | feet | 40 | 5 |