The Canal de Haro was the most western and northern waterway; the Rosario Strait was the most eastern and southern waterway.
"Memoirs of Orange Jacobs"
Orange Jacobs
The farther we go, the more are we impressed with the apparent wealth of this country; the soil is fertile to a degree, the climate is better than Egypt; there's coal, oil, minerals, precious stones, gold, marble, alabaster, and such a magnificent waterway.
"From Edinburgh to India & Burmah"
William G. Burn Murdoch
This situation has led to a revival of interest in the deep waterway from the Lakes to the Gulf which has been talked and written about for nearly three-quarters of a century.
"History of the United States, Volume 6 (of 6)"
E. Benjamin Andrews