The Ohio Canals
1825-1913
Map showing the primary and feeder routes that made up the Ohio canal system.
Canal Fulton, Piqua area, and Roscoe all have canal restorations and canal boats offering rides to the public
A note of caution: riding on a canal boat is not injurious to health, but it certainly is habit-forming! It used to be said that anyone who rode a canal boat on a moonlit night was canal-smitten for life!
This important section
of Ohio's canal system
carried water from
the Great Miami River
at Port Jefferson
through to
Lockington, where it
joined the Miami
and Erie Canal.
Erected by Shelby County Historical Society.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Waterways & Vessels. In addition, it is included in the The Miami & Erie Canal series list.
Location. 40° 16.117′ N, 84° 9.7′ W. Marker is in Sidney, Ohio, in Shelby County. It is on South Main Avenue 0.2 miles south of Gearhart Road, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1301
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Regionally, this marker is in Ohio’s Till Plains. It is also in the American Midwest and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Sidney Veterans Memorial (approx. Ό mile away); Gold Star Families Memorial (approx. Ό mile away); Sidney (approx. 0.3 miles away); Big Four Bridge (approx. half a mile away); Schultz's Battery (approx. 0.6 miles away); Lochard Inc. Building (approx. 0.7 miles away); Peoples Federal Savings and Loan Association Building (approx. 1.1 miles away); George W. Bush (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sidney.
Credits. This page was last revised on February 13, 2021. It was originally submitted on February 13, 2021, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 343 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on February 13, 2021, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
