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[rob74]

> But when the canal was dry, it still would have made a good footpath through a heavily forested area, Waselkov says.

I bet the canal would spend a pretty long time in an intermediary state - not deep enough for canoes, but not dry enough to use as a footpath. But maybe there was a footpath beside the canal, as there are for more modern canals (towpaths)?

[kasey_junk → rob74]

Canoes are useful in very shallow water even if the people have to get out.

It’s much easier to float a canoe while walking next to it than it is to carry it.

[jagged-chisel → kasey_junk]

How about 4-inch mud?

[kijin → jagged-chisel]

I bet canoes make decent sleds on slippery mud.

[bluGill → kijin]

I've had my canoe in weeds so thick the bottom wasn't even touching water, but I could push my paddle through and not touch bottom.

Canoes make acceptable sleds in some situations.

[adgjlsfhk1 → kijin]

It depends a lot on the mud.