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> 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 lon
by rob74 4y ago
> 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 4y agoCanoes 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 4y agoHow about 4-inch mud?
- kijin 4y agoI bet canoes make decent sleds on slippery mud.
- adgjlsfhk1 4y agoIt depends a lot on the mud.
- bluGill 4y agoI'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.