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THE GREAT AMERICAN CANALS
Produce of that Country; & the peltry and fur trade of the Lakes may be introduced into this State; & into Maryld; which stands upon similar ground.—There are ways, more difficult & expensive indeed by which they can also be carried to Philadelphia—all of which, with the Rout to Albany, & Montreal,—and the distances by Land, and Water, from place to place, as far as can be ascertained by the best Maps now extant—by actual Surveys made since the publication of them—and the information of intelligent persons—will appear as follow—from Detroit—which is a point, as has been observed, as unfavourable for us to compute from (being upon the North Western extremity of the United territory) as any beyond Lake Erie can be.—
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| To Cuyahoga River | 125 | Miles |
| Up the same to the Portage | 60 | |
| Portage to Bever Ck | 8 | |
| Down Bever Ck to the Ohio | 85 | |
| Up the Ohio to Fort Pitt | 25 | 303 |
