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Wabash and Erie Canal
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“The Wabash and Erie Canal was a shipping canal that linked the Great Lakes to the Ohio River via an artificial waterway. The canal provided traders with access from the Great Lakes all the way to the Gulf of Mexico. Over 460 miles long, it was the longest canal ever built in North America.”
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Atlas ObscuraJul 20

Paradise Spring Historical Park in Wabash, Indiana

Paradise Spring, near the Wabash River in present-day Wabash, Indiana, served as the treaty camp for a meeting in 1826 between the Miami Indians, Potawatomi Indians, and the United States government. In October 1826, the Miami and Potawatomi signed a treaty and ceded lands north of the Wabash River in northern Indiana and southern Michigan. This allowed for white settlement and the construction…

Built and operated for over 30 years.

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