Richmond City Canal
Richmond City Canal is a canal in Richmond, Central Virginia, Virginia. Richmond City Canal is situated nearby to the neighborhood Shockoe Bottom, as well as near Shockoe Slip.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Virginia Holocaust Museum and Libby Prison.
Virginia Holocaust Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Virginia Holocaust Museum is a public history museum located in Richmond, Virginia, United States. The museum is dedicated to depicting the Holocaust through the personal stories of its victims.
Libby Prison
Archaeological site
Photo: Alexander Gardner (photographer), Public domain.
Libby Prison was a Confederate prison at Richmond, Virginia, during the American Civil War. In 1862 it was designated to hold officer prisoners from the Union Army, taking in numbers from the nearby Seven Days Battles and other conflicts of the Union's Peninsular campaign to take Richmond and end the war only a year after it had begun.
Edgar Allan Poe Museum
Museum
Photo: Albrecht Conz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Poe Museum or the Edgar Allan Poe Museum, is a museum located in the Shockoe Bottom neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia, United States, dedicated to American writer Edgar Allan Poe.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shockoe Bottom and Shockoe Slip.
Shockoe Bottom
Neighborhood
Shockoe Bottom, historically known as Shockoe Valley, is an area in Richmond, Virginia, just east of downtown, along the James River. Located between Shockoe Hill and Church Hill, Shockoe Bottom contains much of the land included in Colonel William Mayo's 1737 plan of Richmond, making it one of the city's oldest neighborhoods.
Shockoe Slip
Neighborhood
Photo: Morgan Riley, CC BY 3.0.
Shockoe Slip is a district in the downtown area of Richmond, Virginia. The name "slip" referred to a narrow passageway leading from Main Street to where goods were loaded and unloaded from the former James River and Kanawha Canal.
Church Hill
Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church Hill, also known as the St. John's Church Historic District, is an Old and Historic District in Richmond, Virginia. This district encompasses the original land plat of the city of Richmond.
Richmond City Canal
- Type: Canal
- Category: body of water
- Location: Richmond, Central Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.52931° or 37° 31′ 46″ northLongitude
-77.42554° or 77° 25′ 32″ westElevation
16 feet (5 metres)Open location code
8794GHHF+PQGeoNames ID
4781717
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Satellite Map
Discover Richmond City Canal from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as South Richmond and East End.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Poe Shrine and Taylor’s Hill Park.
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