AUGUSTA CANAL NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA

2 Evans to Locks Rd. 1 1 Headgates Trailheads The Augusta Canal begins here. The V-shaped diversion dam directs 1 Headgates at Savannah Rapids

3 S Savannah River water into the headgates. 2 Water Pump Station A V From there the canal flows 13 miles 3 Lake Olmstead A through Augusta where it supplies the A N 4 Mill Village U N city with drinking water and powers G A 5 Discovery Center U H several small hydroelectric plants. S Old Turning Basin at 13th Street T 6 A R C I A V N E Trails R A L Towpath

Stevens Creek Rd.Stevens Headgate Loop Old Fish Camp Path River Shoals Nature Trail SOUTH Mountain Bike Singletrack CAROLINA River Levee Trail Lake Olmstead Trail 20 Mill Village Trail Third Level Trail

4 River Watch Parkway S Places of Interest 104 5 A V EXIT 200 A 1 Savannah Rapids Park N N 2 Headgates, Locks and Gatehouse A H 3 Reed Creek Waterfall

4 Warren Lake

GEORGIA R 5 The Clearing I 6 V E 6 Raw Water Pump Station Water 2 R Washington Rd. 7 Rae’s Creek Aqueduct, EXIT 199 28 Pump Tin House Gate, Station Olmstead Bulkhead

A 8 Confederate Powder Works Chimney U Eisenhower Dr. G 9 Sibley and King Mills U

S 10 Archibald Butt Memorial Bridge

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A 11 Discovery Center at Enterprise Mill

C 12 Petersburg Tour Boats

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N 13 Old Turning Basin/ Gatehouse A 14 Davidson School/ Former Globe Mill

L Augusta Canal 15 Old Coal Gas Plant Site

A D 7 E T National Heritage Area S M L O 3

E K Lake Augusta Canal is a National Heritage Area, a place A L designated by the US Congress that best represents Olmstead Trailhead an important theme in American history. Augusta Canal tells the story of the Industrial Revolution in Milledge Rd. S the American South. Built in 1845 to harness A Mill Village 4 8 V A the water and power of the Savannah River, this John C. Calhoun Expy. N N 9 A H canal brought textile and other manufacturing to 25 R the region in the era before, during and after the I V E R American Civil War.

Eve St. Discovery Center 10 Share and Enjoy 5 11 Broad St. Enjoy your time in the National Heritage Area. Walton Way 12 15 th St. Greene St. Explore on foot, by bicycle, canoe or kayak; fish 13 th St. 14 from the banks or watch for wildlife. 13 6 For everyone’s safety and enjoyment, please: Old Turning Basin SCALE 0 .25 .5 .75 1 MILE • Be polite and a good steward of your Canal. 8 th St.

• Appreciate the wildlife and historic 78 structures; do not disturb. 15 • Remember, the trail is like a roadway; keep right and pass left. • Groups should not take up full width of trail. Augusta Canal • Faster users yield to slower users. National Heritage Area • Don’t litter. Take your trash with you 706-823-0440 when you leave. www.augustacanal.com • Keep animals leashed and under control Non-emergencies at all times; clean and remove animal waste; Richmond County Sheriff’s Office remind others to do so. 706-821-1080 Maintenance concerns Augusta Cares 311 Emergencies 911

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior