On the Canal: Clinton-Kalamazoo Canal project maps and photos

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On the Canal: Clinton-Kalamazoo Canal project maps and photos

Updated on 01/19/2021 1:18 PM

As Michigan became a state in 1837, Governor Stevens T. Mason and the legislature set forth pans for the Clinton-Kalamazoo Canal to transport farm products. The canal was to cross the state to eliminate the long trips through the Straits of Mackinac to Chicago.