Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway
Junction of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterways with the outflow channel of the Brunswick Nuclear Power Plant , Brunswick County, North Carolina
The Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway is a 4,800 km coastal waterway along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts in the United States . It stretches from Florida to Boston , Massachusetts and is used for both commercial and recreational purposes. Use of the waterway is free, but commercial users pay a so-called fuel tax .
The Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway is made up of natural canals, saltwater rivers, bays and man-made canals.
Parts of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterways
Natural bays and lakes
- Albemarle Sound
- Barnegat Bay
- Biscayne Bay
- Buzzards Bay
- Cape Cod Bay
- Casco Bay
- Chesapeake Bay
- Delaware Bay
- East River
- Gulf of Maine
- Halifax River
- Indian River Lagoon
- Long Island Sound
- Pamlico Sound
channels
- Chesapeake and Delaware Ship Canal
- Cape Cod Canal
- Dismal Swamp Canal
- Delaware and Raritan Canal
- Point Pleasant Canal
- Waccamaw River in South Carolina
- Winyah Bay in South Carolina
- Little River Inlet, South Carolina
See also
Web links
Commons : Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
- US Army Corps of Engineers - Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway information site (English)
- Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association (English)
- Elizabeth City Area Convention & Visitors Bureau (English)
- Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association (English)
- Gulf Intracoastal Waterway at Handbook of Texas