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1839 Tanner Map Of Michigan
Includes a map showing the proposed route of the canal
through Oakland County. Link to a related site.
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A
Description of the Canals and Rail Roads of the
United States - 1840
A description of the proposed canal is on page 219.
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A History Lesson for
Free-Market Pessimists
An article about a disastrous experiment in Michigan's
early state government which involved the canal,
followed by a new constitution that opened the door to a
thriving free marketplace and the birth of world-class,
private industries.
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An
Economic Lesson From Michigan's Early History
An article about Michigan's failed
state-managed internal improvement projects, including
the Clinton-Kalamzoo Canal.
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Big Plans: When Erie Canal
Envy Got Michigan Digging
A history of the canal. Includes a map of the
proposed route and a historical photo.
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Canal, a Victim of the Times
and Circumstances
A brief history of the canal.
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Chronicling America
A set of historical newspaper articles which make
reference to the canal.
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Clinton Canal Bank Notes 
Links to images of $2 and $5 notes.
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Clinton-Kalamazoo Canal
Maps of the actual and proposed
canal routes; historical and current photos.
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Clinton-Kalamazoo Canal
A brief history of the canal. Links
to related sites.
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Clinton-Kalamazoo Canal
A brief history of the canal in
Shelby Township. Historical photograph.
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Clinton-Kalamazoo Canal
A brief history of the canal. Map of the
proposed route across Michigan and current photos.
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Clinton-Kalamazoo Canal
A brief history and description of the canal.
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Clinton-Kalamazoo Canal
A brief
history of the canal. Current photos.
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Clinton-Kalamazoo Canal
A brief
history of the canal.
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Clinton-Kalamazoo Canal
Historical Marker
Text and photo of marker in Rochester.
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Clinton-Kalamazoo Canal
video
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Clinton & Kalamazoo Canal
An article begins on page 18 of the American Canal
Society newsletter.
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Clinton and Kalamazoo Canal
Society
Includes a
brief history of the canal and a map of the proposed
route.
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Digital Public Library of
America
Links to historical documents and maps.
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Documents
Accompanying the Journal of the House of
Representatives of the State of Michigan, at the
Annual Session of 1839
A series of reports
regarding the canal are on pages 273, 275, 276,
291, 297, 664, 767 and 834.
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Documents Accompanying the
Journal of the House of Representatives of the State
of Michigan, Volume 1 – 1840
A series of reports regarding the canal are on
pages 46, 50, 53, 87, 90, 97, 104, and 106.
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Documents
Accompanying the Journal of the Senate of the
State of Michigan, at the Annual Session of
1840, Volume 2
A series of reports regarding the
canal are on pages 538, 551 and 558.
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Documents Accompanying the
Journal of the Senate of the State of Michigan, Part
1 – 1841
A series of reports regarding the
canal are on pages 31, 160, 194 and 227.
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Early American
Railroads
A brief description of the proposed canal is on page
459.
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Gazetteer of the State of
Michigan – 1838
A brief description of the proposed canal is on
page 82.
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History
of the Loren Andrus Octagon House
History of the home of an assistant engineer during the
surveying of the canal, and one of the pioneering
families of the Macomb County.
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Journal Michigan Legislature
House of Representatives, Volume 1 – 1892
A report regarding the abandoned canal is on page 335.
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Journal of the House of
Representatives of the State of Michigan, Volume 3 –
1895
A series of reports regarding the abandoned canal are on
pages 2166, 2174, 2209 and 2255.
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Ludwick
Wesolowski
Biography of a draftsman for the
canal, who later became a prominent member of the
community.
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Map and profile of the
Clinton and Kalamazoo Canal of two different routes
across the bent of Clinton River at Frederick Macomb
County
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Michigan: A Guide to the
Wolverine State
A brief history of the canal is on page 479.
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Michigan: A History of the Wolverine
State
An extensive history of Michigan's
internal improvements program of the 1830s and 40s,
including reference to the canal. Includes a map of
the proposed canal and railroad routes across the
state.
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Oxbow on Clinton River
Includes a brief history of the canal.
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Profile's [sic] of the
different routes from Utica to Rochester of the
Clinton and Kalamazoo Canal
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Public
and Local Acts of the Legislature of the State
of Michigan - 1843
An Act regarding the canal begins on page 35.
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Shelby Township
Historical photos of the canal are on pages 78 - 80.
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Shelby Township on the
Clinton-Kalamazoo Canal
A brief
history of the canal.
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Should Government Build the
Railroads?
A history of Michigan's internal improvement efforts,
including the canal, and the effects on the the state's
future history.
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The Boy Governor:
Stevens T. Mason and the Birth of Michigan
Politics
A brief history of the canal are on pages 81, 121
and 135.
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The Clinton-Kalamazoo Canal
An article begins on page 9 of the American Canal
Society newsletter.
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The Clinton & Kalamazoo
Canal
A brief history of the canal.
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The History of Clinton
Township
Includes a brief history of the canal.
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Transactions Of The Pioneer
Society, 1882
Includes excerpts of a presentation about the history of
the canal.
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Traveling Through
Time: A Guide To Michigan's
Historical Markers
A brief history of the canal is on page 343.
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Walking to Mackinac
A brief history and current description of the canal
begins on page 3.
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