Augusta Canal National Heritage Area - Augusta (GA)

5 /5 Katrina Hoyle: Beautiful scenery and full of history you can feel. Quiet area below the canal, with a few "artifacts" and remnants of structures. Be mindful of the businesses and residents there when you visit. Walking up to the canal is also a treat. Steady foot traffic of those getting exercise and taking in the scenery or air. Do keep an eye out for the population that calls under the bridges "home". Havent had a negative experience, but I also respect space.

5 /5 Richard Chambers: I visited during the First Annual Augusta Canal Heritage Festival, the first time Id heard of the canal. The museum provides an interesting overview of the canals history with a set of detailed models of the canal area of Augusta. The signage of the displays provides details about who was involved with the building of the canal and the textile mills along its banks and how the canal influenced Augusta. I suggest that you also visit the Augusta Museum of History. Both the Museum of History and the Augusta Canal exhibits work together to provide a history of Augusta and both can be done in a single day. The gift shop is small but does have a selection of paperbacks on various subjects of the canal and Augusta. There are also postcards and note paper. A shortened version of a trip on the canal onboard a canal boat offered during the festival was interesting and relaxing. Going beneath Butt Memorial Bridge with the swallows flitting about was exciting. We saw other wildlife and flowers on the banks during our trip. Parking for the festival was available on both sides of the converted mill building where the museum is housed. The canal itself is along a ridge hence elevated above the plaza outside the museum and its building. Metal stairs are used to move from the plaza up to the canal bank. There is a restaurant across the alley from the museum however I ate lunch from a food truck on my visit.

5 /5 Nicole Jones: I love going here! Beautiful place!

5 /5 Michael Mills: Very interesting museum that not enough people know about. Great insight into Augustas history. Fun canal boat tour is a must with knowledgeable tour guides to explain the need for the canal and how it was used originally and today.

5 /5 Adventure Awaits: A great way to learn the history of the canal. The museum is interactive and fun for the whole family. There are guided boat rides offered 5 days a week as well. The people are helpful, friendly and kind. The cost is inexpensive and its a fun weekend or week day venture. Id recommend a visit. We visit at least twice a year.