page_title: Industrial Canal
hierarchical_section_title: Industrial Canal
caption_attribution_description: English: The Inner Harbor Navigation Canal (IHNC), commonly known as the Industrial Canal, in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. The canal provides a navigation channel between the Mississippi River, Lake Pontchartrain, and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. In this photograph, the Mississippi River is at lower left. The Industrial Canal branches off to the right. At top right the Canal turns left to enter Lake Pontchartrain in the far distance. The Intracoastal Waterway branches off to the right (east). View is to the northwest. Total length of the Canal is about 5.25 miles (8.5 km). Lower 9th Ward neighborhood is to the right of the Canal, with campus of Holy Cross High School clearly seen. To the left of the Canal is the Bywater neighborhood. The St. Claude Bridge over the canal is the closest; further back is the Claiborne Avenue Bridge, and the old Florida Avenue Bridge is visible as well. The Florida Avenue wharf complex is on the left (up river) side of the canal.
context_page_description: The Industrial Canal is a 5.5 mile waterway in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. The waterway's proper name, as used by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and on NOAA nautical charts, is Inner Harbor Navigation Canal. The more common "Industrial Canal" name is used locally, both by commercial mariners and by landside residents.
  The canal connects the Mississippi River to Lake Pontchartrain. It separates New Orleans East from the rest of the city, and the Lower 9th Ward from the Upper 9th Ward. Approximately half of the waterway's course, from Industrial Lock to a point north of the Florida Avenue Bridge, is confluent with both the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet.
  The entirety of the canal passes through the 9th Ward of the city. Along the riverfront, the canal constitutes the boundary of the Upper 9th Ward on the upriver side of the canal and the Lower 9th Ward neighborhood on the downriver side. Near the lake, it is generally considered to be the eastern boundary of the Gentilly neighborhood and the western boundary of New Orleans East.
context_section_description: The Industrial Canal is a 5.5 mile (9 km) waterway in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. The waterway's proper name, as used by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and on NOAA nautical charts, is Inner Harbor Navigation Canal (IHNC).  The more common "Industrial Canal" name is used locally, both by commercial mariners and by landside residents.
  The canal connects the Mississippi River to Lake Pontchartrain. It separates New Orleans East from the rest of the city, and the Lower 9th Ward from the Upper 9th Ward. Approximately half of the waterway's course, from Industrial Lock to a point north of the Florida Avenue Bridge, is confluent with both the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MRGO).
  The entirety of the canal passes through the 9th Ward of the city. Along the riverfront, the canal constitutes the boundary of the Upper 9th Ward on the upriver side of the canal and the Lower 9th Ward neighborhood on the downriver side. Near the lake, it is generally considered to be the eastern boundary of the Gentilly neighborhood and the western boundary of New Orleans East.
caption: The Industrial Canal from the river to the lake. The Mississippi is at lower left and Lake Pontchartrain is at top in the distance. View is to the northwest. Picture taken before August 29, 2005.
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