Grant's Canal - Lake Providence
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kwashnak
N 32° 48.405 W 091° 10.466
15S E 670919 N 3631339
Grant's Canal marker at Lake Providence Visitor's Center - 600 Lake Street, Lake Street and Ingram St.
Waymark Code: WM8Y9B
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 05/30/2010
Views: 12
Grant's Canal
In early 1863 Federal General U.S. Grant dug a canal here connecting the Mississippi River and Lake Providence. This attempt to use bayous and rivers to bypass Vicksburg failed.
Part of the Vicksburg campaign where Grant attempted to create bypasses to the Mississippi River to avoid having to go under the cannons mounted on the bluffs of Vicksburg, MS.
Marker Name: Grant's Canal
Marker Type: Roadside
What does marker relate to?: Battle (war)
Parish: East Carroll
Link to more information:: Not listed
Year Erected or Date Dedicated: Not listed
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