Island lift locks raised or lowered the boats traveling between the dam pool and the other canals. See also List of canals in the United States Delaware Canal - A canal feeding urban Philadelphia connecting with the Morris and Lehigh Canals at their respective Easton terminals. Delaware and Raritan Canal – A New Jersey canal connection to the New York & New Jersey markets shipping primarily coal across the Delaware River. The D&R also shipped Iron Ore from New Jersey up the Lehigh. Chesapeake and Delaware Canal – A canal crossing the Delmarva Peninsula in the states of Delaware and Maryland, connecting the Chesapeake Bay with the Delaware Bay. Delaware and Hudson Canal - Another early built coal canal as the American canal age began; contemporary with the Lehigh and the Schuylkill navigations. Lehigh Canal – A sister canal in the Lehigh Valley that fed coal traffic to the Delaware Canal via a connection in Easton, Pennsylvania. Schuylkill Canal - Navigation joining Reading, PA and Philadelphia. Points of interest Notes References External links Pennsylvania Canal Society American Canal Society National Canal Museum Canals in Pennsylvania Transportation buildings and structures in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Transportation buildings and structures in Juniata County, Pennsylvania Transportation buildings and structures in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania Transportation buildings and structures in Perry County, Pennsylvania Transportation buildings and structures in Snyder County, Pennsylvania Canals opened in 1831