Canal Boat

There are three articles associated with canal watercraft:

  • The Volunteer (canal boat) - A replica 1848 canal boat docked on the Illinois and Michigan Canal at LaSalle, Illinois
  • Narrowboat - a specialized craft for operation in early narrow canals
  • Barge - a more generic term that includes canal craft


Famous quotes containing the words canal and/or boat:

    My impression about the Panama Canal is that the great revolution it is going to introduce in the trade of the world is in the trade between the east and the west coast of the United States.
    William Howard Taft (1857–1930)

    Building up a family’s fortune is like moving earth with a needle, but losing a family’s fortune can be as swift as a boat rushing downstream with the current.
    Chinese proverb.