Welcome to THE WABASH AND ERIE CANAL; the Lower Divisions. This is an exciting journey through history, politics, prosperity and ruin. It will take you from the banks of Lake Erie in Ohio to Pigeon Creek near Evansille Indiana. Now, if you're looking specifically for the famous Erie Canal in New York, keep paddling, 'cause this ain't it.
If you're strong enough to make the journey, click here to enter.
Some of the major topics on this site are
aqueducts
Butler Bill
Charles Butler (1802-1897)
canal boats
canal certificates
Cession of the Northwest Territory to the United States by Virginia
Evansville, Indiana
Fort Wayne, Indiana
French and Indian War of 1754
Indiana Statehood
Jonathan Jennings Representative and Governor
Lafayette
Lake Erie
Lamasco, Indiana
land scripts
Little Wabash River
locks
Mammoth Bill
Maumee River
Noah Noble - Governor
Northwest Territory
Ohio
Ordinance of 1787 a.k.a. the Northwest Ordinance
portage
Peter Buell Porter - Congressman
James Brown Ray - Governor
Nathan Rowley - local toll collector
State Constitution of Indiana
Terminal Basin in Evansville
Terre Haute, Indiana
Tippecanoe River
Wabash and Erie Canal
Wabash Portage
Wabash River