A
Book of the United States: exhibiting its
geography, divisions, Constitution and
government - 1839
A brief description is on page 379.
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A
Description of the Canals and Rail Roads of the
United States- 1840
A brief description is on page 29.
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A matter of historical
record: The Cumberland & Oxford Canal – the
close of a great public enterprise
A brief
history of the canal. Historical photo.
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American
Annual Register - 1835
A description of the canal and the products it
typically carried is on page 3.
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An Accompaniment to
Mitchell’s Reference and Distance Map of the United
States- 1835
A brief description of the canal.
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Annual Report of the State
Engineer and Surveyor on the Canals of New York –
1906
A brief
history and description is on page 1370.
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Bay of Naples Inn with Steamboat 1890s
Historical photo from Naples.
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BG's ME: Cumberland Oxford
Canal
A brief
video history of the canal.
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Bridgton
A brief history of the canal and the types of
vessels using it are on page 12.
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Canal Boats of the Cumberland
and Oxford Canal
An article begins on page 4 of the American Canal
Society newsletter.
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Chronicling America
A set of historical newspaper articles which make
reference to the canal.
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Cumberland & Oxford Canal
A brief description and history of the canal.
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Cumberland & Oxford Canal
An article begins on page 5 of the American Canal
Society newsletter.
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Cumberland & Oxford Canal
An article begins on page 5 of the American Canal
Society newsletter.
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Cumberland & Oxford Canal
History. Part 1
An article begins on page 3 of the American Canal
Society newsletter.
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Cumberland & Oxford Canal
History. Part 2
The article continues on page 5 of the American Canal
Society newsletter.
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Cumberland & Oxford Canal
History. Part 3
The article concludes on page 5 of the American Canal
Society newsletter.
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Cumberland & Oxford Canal
Played Big Role in Region's History
A brief history and description of the canal.
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Cumberland and Oxford Canal
A brief history and description of the
canal. Map and historical and current
photos.
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Cumberland and Oxford Canal
A brief
history and description of the canal.
Historical photo.
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Cumberland and Oxford Canal
A
collection of a historical painting, map and photo.
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Digital Public Library of
America
Links to historical documents.
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Google Newspapers
Includes a brief history of the canal.
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It Happened in Windham: The
Big Ditch
A brief history and description of
the canal.
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Lake Region
A description of the economic impact of the canal on the
region is on page 112.
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Landscape
with Figures: Nature & Culture New England
A brief history begins on page 169.
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Letter
from the Treasurer of the State to the President
of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
Representatives Transmitting His Annual Report
on the State of the Finances ... December 31,
1826
Financial information is on pages 8.
51, 62, 64, 65,77 and 80.
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Mitchell's
Compendium of the Internal Improvements of the
United States - 1835
A brief description is on
page 11.
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Plan of the City of Portland, 1837
Map of Portland, including the
canal.
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Portland Directory – 1856
A brief description of the canal is on page 297.
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Professor Details the
Building of the Cumberland and Oxford Canal
A 2003 newpaper article about a lecture on the subject.
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Rediscovering the Cumberland
Oxford Canal
A video history of the canal.
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Renaissance of America’s
“Other C&O Canal”
The article begins on page 18 of the
American Canal Society newsletter.
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Report of the Committee
Appointed to Procure a Survey for the Route of the
Contemplated Cumberland & Oxford Canal to which is
added the Report of the Engineer, Containing an
Estimate of the Expence of Making the Canal – 1823
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Resolves
of the Legislature of the State of Maine
- 1826
A Resolve in favor of the canal is on page 500.
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Six Canals That Built New
England
Includes a brief history and description of the
canal. Map and historical postcard.
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Songo Lock
A brief history of the canal and description of the sole
remaining lock of the canal.
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Songo Lock and the
Cumberland and
Oxford Canal 
The article
begins on page 16 of the June, 2014 issue of the Canal
Society of Indiana newsletter.
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Songo Lock Historical Marker
Photo and
text of a marker in Cumberland County.
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Songo Locks in Naples, ca.
1890
A brief history, description and historical photo.
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Songo River & Lock
A brief history and description of the canal.
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Songo River Line to the
Switzerland of America Up in Maine
A link to a history of the Songo River Line steamboat
company, which operated on the canal.
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Special
Laws of the State of Maine Passed by the
Legislature - 1821
An Act to establish the canal begins on page 82.
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Ten Maine Historical Sites
A brief history of the canal.
Historical and current photo.
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The
American Almanac and Repository of Useful
Knowledge - 1833
A brief description of the proposed canal is on page
236.
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The Cumberland And Oxford
Canal
A brief history and description of the
canal. Current photo.
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The
History of Portland, from Its First Settlement -
1831
A brief history begins on page 267.
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The last Cumberland and
Oxford canal lock by 'PWC'
Includes a
brief history of the canal.
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The Old Cumberland and
Oxford Canal
A brief
video history of the canal.
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The
Popular Encyclopedia - 1841
A brief description is on page 10.
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Up the Canal to the Mountains
An article begins on page 8 of the American
Canal Society newsletter.
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Westbrook, Maine
History and description of the city, including that of
the canal.
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What?! You Used to Be Able
to Take a Boat from Portland to Sebago Lake
A brief
history of the canal, including a video.
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