Point Place in Toledo in Lucas County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Canal Terminus
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Manhattan

Canal Terminus side of the marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Dale K. Benington, May 18, 2009

1. Canal Terminus side of the marker

Inscription. Canal Terminus. The original northernmost lock in a canal system which linked Lake Erie with the Ohio River was located near the foot of LaSalle Street. Indiana’s Wabash & Erie Canal (1843 – 1874) joined Ohio’s Miami & Erie Canal (1845 – 1913) near Defiance and shared the same course to this location. Toledo’s Swan Creek side cut became the northern terminus in 1864.

Manhattan. Founded in 1835, by the following year Manhattan was a thriving village of 500 inhabitants. It boasted warehouses, docks, a hotel, a post office, a newspaper, and the first bank in Lucas County. Commercial rival, Toledo, won the canal business and Buffalo investors withdrew their support. Manhattan collapsed overnight. The state of Ohio abandoned the Toledo-to-Manhattan canal link in 1864.

Erected 1988 by Riverside Hospital, Toledo Sesquicentennial Commission, and The Ohio Historical Society. (Marker Number 26–48.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers • Waterways & Vessels. In addition, it is included in the Ohio Historical Society / The Ohio History Connection, the The Miami & Erie Canal, and the Wabash & Erie Canal series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1864.

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41° 41.415′ N, 83° 29.129′ W. Marker is in Toledo, Ohio, in Lucas County. It is in Point Place. It is at the intersection of East Manhattan Boulevard and Summit Street, on the right when traveling west on East Manhattan Boulevard. This historical marker is located in Toledo's north end neighborhood, near the water front, in front of the City of Toledo’s water sanitation facility. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3793 E Manhattan Blvd, Toledo OH 43611, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Ohio’s Lake Erie Shore.

It is also in the American Midwest,

on the Great Lakes,

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 Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Dempsey-Willard Fight (approx. ¼ mile away); Bayview Retirees Golf Course (approx. ¼ mile away); The Man Behind the Name (approx. half a mile away); Frogtown: Past and Present (approx. half a mile away); POW ★ MIA (approx. 0.6 miles away); AmVets Post No. 222 Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.6 miles away); Lucas County Medal of Honor Recipients (approx. 0.6 miles away); Lucas County Vietnam Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Toledo.

More about this marker. The marker was moved across the street to the Detwiler Park.

Regarding Canal Terminus / Manhattan. This marker marks the northern terminus the longest artificial water way in the United States, the Wabash & Erie Canal.

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Manhattan side of the marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Dale K. Benington, May 18, 2009

2. Manhattan side of the marker

Marker found - waiting to be re-erected - finally installed across street. After nearly 5 years the marker has been found at a city workshop. At first they thought they had only found the "Manhattan" side. No one had looked at the reverse side of that marker to note it was the "Canal Terminus" side. (Submitted on February 15, 2024, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)

Canal Terminus / Manhattan Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Nathan Bierma, April 13, 2025

3. Canal Terminus / Manhattan Marker

The Canal Terminus marker where it was moved in 2024, looking southeast across the intersection of Manhattan Boulevard and Summit Street, with the water sanitation facility in the background.

Photographed by Craig Doda, September 8, 2024

4. Canal Terminus / Manhattan Marker

Marker moved to the intersection north of the original location and across the street, on the grounds of the Detwiler Park.

Canal Terminus Marker [Former location] image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Dale K. Benington, May 18, 2009

5. Canal Terminus Marker [Former location]

View of former location of the historical marker in the left foreground. The City of Toledo water sanitation facility is in the background to the right.

Credits. This page was last revised on April 24, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 28, 2009, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. This page has been viewed 3,577 times since then and 62 times this year. Last updated on September 9, 2024, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 28, 2009, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. 3. submitted on April 14, 2025, by Nathan Bierma of Grand Rapids, Michigan. 4. submitted on September 9, 2024, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. 5. submitted on May 28, 2009, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.

Canal Terminus⎯⎯⎯Manhattan

Canal Terminus
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Manhattan