Proposed NAPLES HERITAGE TRAIL: REDISCOVERING THE CALUSA CANAL

Archaeological and Historical Conservancy Naples Backyard History

Watercolor by Paul Arsenault

Florida’s Prehistoric Canals

Pine Island Canal

Ortona Canals

Naples Canal Mud Lake Canal

Mud Lake Canal

This canal is 3.9 miles long and is associated with the Bear Lake Mounds.

1876 Plat Map with

Naples CanalSuperimposed

1881 Kenworthy map of Naples Canal

Kenworthy canal section and clarification (center)Illustration of dimensions reported by Douglass in 1885

(below)Diagrams by George Luer from an article in the Florida Anthropologist.

1928 photo of Naples showing canal

Diagram of canalpath depictinglocation ofdocumentedcross-section

Trench excavationbegins at canal sitedowntown Naples

Trench excavation reaches location of Naples Canal section

Cross-section of Naples Canal

Watercolor by Paul Arsenault

Painting by Hermann Trappman

2010 aerial photo of Naples with location of canal and proposed Calusa Canal HeritageTrail overlain

Proposed Interpretive Sign

Painting by Hermann Trappman