Historical MarkerBrazos Canal
Lake Jackson · Brazoria County · Dedicated 1986 · THC Atlas #5039009535
The roadside stories worth pulling over for.
Marker Inscription
Chartered in 1841, the Brazos Canal Company was the result of local landowners' efforts to build canals to connect inland plantations to Gulf shipping ports. Construction began in 1847 on a canal, referred to locally as the "slave ditch" because it was dug by the slaves of company owners. A one-mile section, twenty-four feet wide and three feet deep, took two years to complete. The project was soon abandoned. A rival company, the Galveston and Brazos Navigation Company, completed a canal between the Brazos River and Galveston Bay in 1856. Texas Sesquicentennial 1836 - 1986
About this site
Brazos Canal is a historical marker in Lake Jackson, Brazoria County, dedicated in 1986. It is one of 125 historical markers documented in Brazoria County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 223 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.0571, -95.4318 near Lake Jackson. The nearest cataloged historic site is Willis Point (cemetery), about 1.3 miles away. Others within a short drive include Alden B. Dow Office and Lake Jackson City Hall, Mt. Zion, and Mammoth Lake.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5039009535. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
