Major thoroughfare in the city of New Orleans, forming the upriver boundary of the city's oldest neighborhood, the French Quarter
General Information
How to Get There
Head north on Carondelet St toward Union St.
Overview
Canal Street (French: rue du canal) is a major thoroughfare in the city of New Orleans. Forming the upriver boundary of the city's oldest neighborhood, the French Quarter or Vieux Carré, it served historically as the dividing line between the colonial-era (18th-century) city and the newer American Sector, today's Central Business District.
One end of Canal Street terminates at the Mississippi River. Often called "the foot of Canal Street", at the riverfront the Canal Street Ferry offers a connection to the Algiers Point neighborhood, an older, 18th-century portion of the larger Algiers section of New Orleans. Canal Street's other terminus is in Mid-City at a collection of cemeteries. The street has three lanes of traffic in both directions, with a pair of streetcar tracks in the center.
This article uses material from the Wikipedia article "Canal Street, New Orleans" which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0
