The Love Canal connecting the Niagara River to Lake Ontario was the vision of William T. Love, construction began in 1892 however due to lack of funds only one mile of the canal, stretching northward from the Niagara River was dug before the project was abandoned.
The full history of the canal and the disastrous development of the area are detailed on the related link.
It was never paid for, the US dug through it without permission.
Suez canal
the Suez Canal
canal
they dug a trench
canal
The Panama Canal is a waterway, partly dug and partly using natural formations.
The Panama Canal is a waterway, partly dug and partly using natural formations.
The US purchased the Panama Canal from France in 1903 for $40 million.
The Panama Canal was the waterway dug to connect Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Erie+Ontario
A canal