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/SBC.2ACI/391.2 Message Board Post: If your library has old issues of National Geographic, you'll find that THE PATOWMACK CANAL was the main article in June 1987. It was begun by George Washington & a group of wealthy investors in 1785. It includes maps.