Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal facts for kids

Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
The Great Bridge over the Canal
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Location	Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal, Chesapeake (Independent city), Virginia
Area	1,704 acres (690 ha)
Built	1775
NRHP reference No.	04000035
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Added to NRHP	February 11, 2004

The Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal was built by a corporation in 1856-1860 to afford inland navigation between the Chesapeake Bay and the Albemarle Sound. It is really two canals, thirty miles (50 km) apart, one eight and one-half miles (13.7 km) long, connecting the Elizabeth River with the North Landing River in Virginia, and the other five and one-half miles (8.9 km) long, connecting the Currituck Sound with the North River in North Carolina.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.