Canals

Canals


Picture it, you’re walking down the streets of Richmond during the day, you come to N. 18th street and you see the start of the “Canal Walk.” As you start to walk from the street you come to a beautifully landscaped area, and all over the place are larger than life size pictures of people that you are not sure you even know who they are. You look farther, and there are even more pictures. You realize that you would like to know who all these people are.
That is what I thought the first time that I ever visited the “Canal Walk.” I started off going there about 2 years ago. It started as just a venture. Then I saw Brown’s Island and walked a little further over the footbridge and came to Belles Isle. I imagine the people who must have been here hundreds of years ago, and wonder more about them. I am doing this paper to find out and understand more about the historic aspects of canals. My main focus is on the James River and Kanawha Canal.
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