Michigan's $10,000,000 Ditch

You can get Nebula using my link for 50% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/alexisdahl. For your next watch, I highly recommend Tom Scott: England; it's a joy: https://nebula.tv/tomscott?ref=alexisdahl They thought this canal was going to change Michigan forever. And yet... ✨ Want to support my work? Well, hey, thank you so much. You can learn more about how to keep this thing going at https://www.alexisdahl.com/support. Special thanks to Pat McKay and Debbie Remer for helping me answer a few questions about the Clinton-Kalamazoo Canal. Find Me Elsewhere: • Find stickers, hats, and other merchandise related to these videos: https://www.alexisdahl.com/store • Want to get e-mails about my latest videos and other happenings? You can sign up here: https://www.alexisdahl.com/newsletter • Want to work together or learn more about my work? Contact me at https://www.alexisdahl.com/ • On Instagram, I upload nature photos, plus odds and ends: https://www.instagram.com/alexis.writes Music and SFX from Epidemic Sound: http://nebula.tv/epidemic. Additional images from the Library of Congress, Storyblocks, DougW at English Wikipedia, and Pexels. Key research sources: Chiefly, "Past and Present of Macomb County, Michigan" by Robert Eldredge. Also, the following sources were useful in stringing together and verifying details: https://www.shelbytwp.org/our-township/resident-information/shelby-township-history/on-the-canal https://www.ctwphc.org/article.html?id=2 https://www.govinfo.gov/features/erie-canal https://eriecanalway.org/application/files/1517/1646/9381/ECNHC_Map_and_Guide_2024_LR.pdf https://eriecanalway.org/application/files/9317/2436/2745/ErieCanal_Learning_Hub_ABriefHistory_Final.pdf https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/publications/manual/2003-2004/2003-mm-0003-0019-Chron.pdf https://www.detroithistorical.org/learn/online-research/encyclopedia-of-detroit/mason-stevens-t https://www.hourdetroit.com/community/big-plans-when-erie-canal-envy-got-michigan-digging/ https://sites.google.com/view/clintonandkalamazoocanalsoc/history https://www.mackinac.org/S2018-12#michigans-failed-experiment-with-internal-improvements