QUESTION: There was a leak last year in the canal about a mile upriver from the Pumphouse under the train trestles. The leak caused some damage to the embankments, and ultimately ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Riverfront Canal Cruises are returning to the James River and Kanawha Canal starting this Friday. Starting on Friday, April 4, Riverfront Canal Cruises will hit the water ...

But during the mid-19th century, this was the final stone lock constructed as part of the James River and Kanawha Canal System. “Before they had roads and trains, the rivers were the highways ...

The Nelson County Historical Society will present a program on the history of the James River and Kanawha Canal and Chief Justice John Marshall’s 1812 expedition up the James and the canal to ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Riverfront Canal Cruises will kick off its 19th season on Sunday, April 1. The cruises feature 40-minute, narrated tours of the James River and Kanawha Canal designed by ...

The historically-narrated tours are 40 minutes long and feature a historic narrative of the James River and Kanawha Canal designed by George Washington. Along the way, you'll learn facts about ...

The James is Virginia's longest river and its largest source of drinking ... Rock are some of the best-preserved remnants of the Kanawha Canal. George Washington conceived the idea of the canal ...

“The James River and Kanawha Canal Company – the annual report of Col. T.H. Ellis, President of this company, to the meeting of the Stockholders shows that the past fiscal year has been marked ...

However, the dominance of the batteau did not last. The development of the James River and Kanawha Canal, which began operating in 1821, swiftly followed by the advent of the Richmond and ...

Is there any plan to refill the canal and repair the hole? — S.H. ANSWER: The reader is referring to the historic James River and Kanawha Canal. The canal dates to 1785, George Washington and ...