List of Canals in The United States - Canals By State 18,241 Total

Canals By State 18,241 Total

These are man made canals in each state that have been given a name and may consist of a narrow irrigation or drainage ditch to a large ship, municipal water and/or irrigation canal. States with extensive agricultural acreage may have many hundred to thousands of canals. USGS Topographical map numbers and latitudes and longitudes of each canal, usable as inputs into Google, Bing, etc. maps, are usually given.

Canals in each State
State Number
of canals		 Ref. State Number
of canals		 Ref.

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