Inland water transportation

by Hill, Michael. The Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal, a man-made waterway connecting Albemarle Sound with the Chesapeake Bay, was proposed initially by William Byrd II in 1728. Surveys were made, but engineering [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Dough, Wynne. Artificial reefs have been used for decades in North Carolina waters to concentrate game fish by providing shelter for their prey, as shipwrecks and some natural formations do. Cities, counties, [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Tetterton, Beverly. Blossom's Ferry was located on the Northeast Cape Fear River on the border between New Hanover and Pender Counties, one mile east-northeast of the community of Castle Hayne and approximately nine [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Simpson, Bland, Cecelski, David S. Canals by David S. Cecelski and Bland Simpson, 2006 See also: Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal; Dismal Swamp Canal; Roanoke Canal. Since the eighteenth century, canals and canal [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Stick, David. Canoes have provided a primary form of transportation on the sounds, rivers, and bays of coastal North Carolina for centuries. In the 1580s the explorers and colonists sent to Roanoke Island by Sir [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Watson, Alan D. Cape Fear and Deep River Navigation Company by Alan D. Watson, 2006 The Cape Fear and Deep River Navigation Company aimed to provide improved water access to the naval stores of the [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Butler, Lindley S. The Dan River Steam Navigation Company was incorporated by the state legislature in 1855 for the purpose of operating steamboats on the Dan River from Clarksville, Va., to the head of navigation in [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Thompson, Harry L. Drawbridges were built in North Carolina prior to the American Revolution for the purpose of crossing large rivers. At that time, ferries enabled colonial travelers and tourists to traverse deep [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by . Extraído de Libro de hechos de El Viejo Estado del Norte. La propiedad literaria 2011 por la Oficina de Archivos e Historia de Carolina del Norte, Departamento de Recursos Culturale de [...] (from NC Office of Archives and History.)

by Norris, David A. Fords by David A. Norris, 2006 See also: Trading Ford; Battle of Guilford Courthouse (UNC Press); Battle of Guilford Courthouse  (NC Office of Archives & History) Fords, areas [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Norris, David A. Although steamboats operated mainly in coastal North Carolina, they were used for a short time on the French Broad River, high in the mountains. On 3 Feb. 1881 the General Assembly granted a charter [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Larson, John Lauritz. Improvements in Transportation: Post-American Revolution to the Civil War "East against West: The Fight over Internal Improvements" by John Lauritz Larson Reprinted with permission from [...] (from Tar Heel Junior Historian, NC Museum of History.)

by Price, William S., Jr. Moore, Maurice, Jr. by William S. Price, Jr., 1991 1735–77 See also:  Moore, Maurice (from the Dictionary of North Carolina Biography); Moore, James (from the Dictionary of [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Powell, William S. Ellwood Morris, civil engineer, was born in Pennsylvania. Nothing is known of his parents other than the fact that in 1846 his father, also a civil engineer, was an assistant to Charles Ellet, Jr., [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Watson, Alan D. The Neuse River Navigation Company, incorporated by statute in 1812 and capitalized at $50,000, superseded several previous organizations and had the right to clear the Neuse River from the head of [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Watson, Alan D. The New River Navigation Company, incorporated by the General Assembly in 1855, superseded several companies whose efforts had been directed mainly at removing an oyster shoal, or obstruction, at the [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Wall, James W. Pearson, Jesse A. by James W. Wall, 1994 1776–March 1823 Jesse A. Pearson, legislator, planter, and major general of militia in the War of 1812, was born in Rowan County. He was the son of [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Watson, Alan D., Norris, David A. River Navigation by Alan D. Watson and David A. Norris, 2006 See also: Blossom's Ferry; Cape Fear and Deep River Steam Navigation Company; Ferries; Steamboats; Albemarle Steam Navigation [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Stick, David. Sailing by David Stick, 2006 Sailing has been a popular form of outdoor recreation on the sounds, lakes, and rivers of North Carolina since the days when handmade log canoes were the most [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Sadler, Emory W., Sadler, Lynn Veach. Steamboating in Eastern North Carolina by Emory W. and Lynn Veach Sadler, 2011. See also: History of Transportation for K-8 Students History The general history of steamboating in North [...] (from NCpedia.)

by Barfield, Rodney D., Norris, David A. Steamboats by Rodney D. Barfield and David A. Norris, 2006 See also: Dan River Steam Navigation Company; French Broad Steamboat Company; In North Carolina, the concept of travel by [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Watson, Alan D. The Tar River—rising in Person County and flowing southeast to Beaufort, where it becomes the Pamlico River—first drew legislative attention in 1784, when the General Assembly directed the Pitt, [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by . The Great Dismal Swamp is a large area of natural swampland. It sits on the border between Virginia and North Carolina. It is in the coastal plain and very close to the Atlantic Ocean. The swamp is [...] (from NCpedia K-8 Collection.)

by Brenneman, Kurt, Elmes, Sherry M., Hauser, Edwin W., Rash, J. Dennis, Swartz, Nicholas J. Transportation part v: Water transportation by Edwin W. Hauser, J. Dennis Rash, Sherry M. Elmes, and Nicholas J. Swartz, 2005. Reprinted with permission from The North Carolina Atlas [...] (from North Carolina Atlas Revisited.)

by Wall, James W. The Yadkin River Navigation Company was chartered in 1818 as part of the internal improvements program of progressive state senator Archibald D. Murphey, who, between 1816 and 1819, proposed [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)