List of canals in the United States

The following is a list of canals in the United States:

Transportation canals in operation
This list includes active canals and artificial waterways that are maintained for use by boats. Although some abandoned canals and drainage canals have stretches that can be paddled in a small craft, such as a canoe, they are not included in this list.

The United States also built the Panama Canal on territory it controlled.

Arizona

 * Central Arizona Project
 * Salt River Project Canals
 * Arizona Canal
 * Yuma Project Canals

California

 * All-American Canal
 * Back Channel
 * Beardsley Canal
 * Buena Vista Canal
 * California Aqueduct
 * Calloway Canal
 * Carrier Canal
 * Coachella Canal
 * Colorado River Aqueduct
 * Contra Costa Canal
 * Corning Canal
 * Delta–Mendota Canal
 * Eastside Canal
 * Folsom South Canal
 * Friant-Kern Canal
 * Glenn Colusa Canal
 * Inter-California Canal
 * Kern Island Canal
 * Los Angeles Aqueduct
 * Madera Canal
 * Orland South Canal
 * Orland North Canal
 * Pioneer Canal
 * Putah South Canal
 * Stine Canal
 * Tehama Colusa Canal

Florida

 * Hillsboro Canal
 * Miami Canal
 * North New River Canal
 * Tamiami Canal
 * West Palm Beach Canal

Hawaii

 * Waiolama Canal, Hilo

Idaho

 * New York Canal

Illinois

 * North Shore Channel (popular for canoeing and kayaking)

Louisiana

 * 17th Street Canal
 * Carondelet Canal
 * Florida Canal
 * London Avenue Canal
 * New Orleans Outfall Canals
 * Orleans Canal
 * Washington-Palmetto Canal

Massachusetts

 * Holyoke Canal System
 * Lowell Power Canal System

Michigan

 * Edison Sault Power Canal

Nebraska

 * Loup Canal

New Jersey

 * Cape May Canal
 * Delaware and Raritan Canal
 * Dundee Canal
 * Morris Canal
 * Point Pleasant Canal
 * Raritan Water Power Canal
 * Washington Canal

Texas

 * American Canal
 * Franklin Canal
 * Riverside Canal (El Paso) (Texas)
 * Texas Irrigation Canals

Natural inlets called canals
Lynn Canal and Portland Canal in Alaska and Hood Canal in Washington are natural inlets that use the name canal.

Canals by state
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.