Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal
It is really two canals , thirty miles ( 50 km ) apart , one eight and one-half miles ( 13 . 7 km ) long , connecting the Elizabeth River with the North Landing River in Virginia , and the other five and one-half miles ( 8 . 9 km ) long , connecting the Currituck Sound with the North River in North Carolina . 
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