This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5RB.2ACE/1147.1.1.1 Message Board Post: The D & H Canal was thriving during that period of time. I think "Boatman" was a general term used for anyone who worked on the canal regardless of what their job or position actually was.