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	New Georgia Encyclopedia: Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway
		Amid the marshes, and running the length of the coast, are the waterways that, from the earliest years of the region's European occupation, have been known as the inland passage.
		Spanish traders and Franciscan friars traveled the waterway between the friars' chain of missions in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
		The greatest use of the inland waterway during this period, however, was in connection with the lumber industry.
	www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1299 (1046 words)

	Intracoastal Waterway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tug and barge on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
		The Intracoastal Waterway is a 4,800-km (3,000-mile) recreational and commercial waterway along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States.
		The waterway consists of two non-contiguous segments: the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, extending from Brownsville, Texas to Carrabelle, Florida, and the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, extending from Key West, Florida to Boston, Massachusetts.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Intracoastal_Waterway (413 words)

	Waterway
		In·tra·coas·tal Waterway (ntr-kstl) A system of artificial and natural channels and canals along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the eastern and southeast United States.
		The creation of the Intracoastal Waterway was first authorized by the United States Congress The United States Congress is the legislative branch of the United States federal government.
		Intracoastal Waterway Intracoastal Waterway is a 4,800 km (3,000 mile) long recreational and commercial waterway along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States.
	www.floridaluxurywaterfronthomes.com /waterway.htm (3602 words)

	Intracoastal Waterway - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The toll-free waterway, authorized by Congress in 1919, is maintained by the Army Corps of Engineers at a minimum depth of 12 ft (4 m) for most of its length; some parts have 7-ft (2.1-m) and 9-ft (2.7-m) minimum depths.
		Among some of the waterway's most often used canals along the Atlantic route are the Chesapeake and Delaware and the Chesapeake and Albemarle; along the Gulf route the most used are the New Orleans-Rigolets Cut, the Port Arthur-Corpus Christi Channel, and the Inner Harbor Navigational Canal at New Orleans.
		Plans to build a canal across N Florida to link the Atlantic and Gulf sections were blocked in 1971 by a presidential order to prevent potential environmental damage.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-intracoa.html (395 words)

	The Seventh Congressional District of Florida (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The operation and ongoing maintenance of the Waterway has been a federal responsibility since Congress approved the River and Harbor Act in 1927, but unfortunately the federal government has not provided the necessary full funding for the past several years.
		The Waterway annually transports over 1 million tons of commercial cargo and over 500,000 recreational vessels; increases property values by $38.4 billion; and currently provides $7.9 billion in economic output which includes $2.6 billion in personal wages and almost 125,000 jobs.
		Congress annually budgets approximately $3.2 million for work necessary to ensure the Intracoastal Waterway remains free of debris and sediment and continues to be safe for navigation.
	www.house.gov /mica/projtransatlantic.htm (281 words)

	Program in Maritime Studies: Abstracts
		The purpose of this study is to examine John Humphrey Small's efforts in behalf of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway while he served the first district of North Carolina in the Congress of the United States for twenty-two years.
		It is evident that the "father of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway" used every legitimate means at his disposal to receive congressional approval and appropriations for this waterway.
		Small's membership and leadership in the National Rivers and Harbors Congress and the Atlantic Deeper Waterway Association were very important to him, and he used these organizations to highlight the need for an Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.
	www.ecu.edu /maritime/watso1.htm (260 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Intracoastal
		Intracoastal Waterway c.3,000 mi (4,827 km) long, partly natural, partly artificial, providing sheltered passage for commercial and leisure boats along the U.S. Atlantic coast from Boston, Mass.
		The bay is the center of the Louisiana shrimp industry and is trapped for muskrat furs.
		Houma is a port on the Intracoastal Waterway.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Intracoastal (701 words)

	Waterway Alerts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The temporary regulated navigation area controls the movement of all vessels operating on the Intracoastal Waterway in the vicinity of Fields Cut and south through Elba Island Cut to St. Augustine Creek.
		The vicinity of Sea Island, Jekyll Island, and all waters of the Atlantic Ocean from the baselines of Sea Island, St. Simons Island and Jekyll Island extending seaward to a distance of 3 nautical miles, as well as waters on the Hampton River, Jones Creek, Lanier Island, and St. Simons Sound.
		We have been notified Lockwood’s Folly, a portion of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway in North Carolina, is experiencing severe shoaling and commercial traffic is being restricted to navigating only during high tides.
	www.atlintracoastal.org /Alerts/WWAlerts.htm (796 words)

	The Brunswick News
		The Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway is the Interstate 95 of the Atlantic — an efficient means of water transport, bypassing the hazards of ocean travel for recreational and commercial shippers.
		The maintenance issue is the confluence of two primary issues, said Rosemary Lynch of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association, an advocacy group for the waterway that's based in Washington.
		Kingston said he would have pushed harder for dredging the intracoastal if he had known from the corps that the channel was a problem for boating.
	www.thebrunswicknews.com /front/294329360927701.php (930 words)

	BoatUS Government Affairs: ICW - Creating A Coastal Constituency, November 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, commonly referred to as the ICW or just ”the Ditch” by boaters, is the 1,100-mile route of protected waters and man-made channels threading the coast from Norfolk, VA, to Miami.
		Up and down the waterway, meeting participants heard the same story: the Bush Administration is cutting ICW dredging budgets, Congress won’t or can’t appropriate the needed funds, except in a few localized areas, and Corps says its hands are tied.
		The next step, she said, is to compile a report of the meetings and the mood of waterway users for delivery to Congress as well as to state capitals along the waterway early in 2004.
	www.boatus.com /gov/coastal_constit.htm (1267 words)

	The Seventh Congressional District of Florida (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Important not only to the shipping and recreation industry, waterways have also played a crucial role in the development of settlements, and later, cities.
		Florida’s waterways provide an efficient and economic corridor for moving more than 2 billion tons of the nation's domestic and foreign commerce.
		Johns River, Ponce de Leon Inlet and the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway have been important priorities for Congressman Mica.
	www.house.gov /mica/projwaterways.htm (141 words)

	The Brunswick News
		A waterway that is supposed to be a minimum of 12 feet deep at mean low water is only 3 feet or less in certain areas.
		It is not all that unusual to see a yacht or a sailboat stuck helplessly in the mud waiting for the return of high tide along certain points in the waterway, including in Glynn County.
		Although funded this year, the continuation of the project – the deepening of East River – is not in the president's 2007 fiscal year budget, which begins Oct. 1.
	www.thebrunswicknews.com /front/313239184083485.php (304 words)

	Intracoastal Waterway to receive funding
		If you transit the Eastern seaboard, you probably use the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, and the food news is that the great letter-writing campaign of 2004 actually made a difference.
		When 2004 opened, the waterway was off the charts of anyone in Washington, and there were no plans to give even a nickel to the Corps of Engineers for maintenance dredging.
		The Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway—a protected, inland passage—is used by commercial and recreational traffic alike to transit the Eastern seaboard without the hazards of sailing offshore around areas such as Cape Hattaras.
	www.sailmag.com /features/intracoastalFunding (634 words)

	Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		General Description and Characteristics: The Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) facilitates navigation along the southeastern seaboard of the United States.
		This waterway uses a system of locks and dams to maintain a navigable channel to Lake Okeechobee, which is 14 feet above sea level.
		The Intracoastal Waterway - Norfolk to Miami - A Cockpit Cruising Handbook
	members.aol.com /americacruising/aiww-south.html (625 words)

	Night Swan Intracoastal B&b\| New Smyrna Beach, FL\| Hotel Info
		Located on the Intracoastal Waterway and nestled amid a canopy of live oaks, magnolia trees, and palms, the Night Swan is a destination all its own.
		Dolphin Domain - King Bed Free Parking/ Continental Breakfast/Pvt Bath Dolphin Domain - This room is on the first floor with a large sitting room overlooking the atlantic intracoastal waterway with a king bed, private whirlpool tub and shower.
		Manatee Sighting - King Bed Free Parking/ Continental Breakfast/Pvt Bath Manatee Sighting - This room is on the first floor with a sitting room overlooking the atlantic intracoastal waterway with a king bed and a large private whirlpool tub and shower.
	www.discoverourtown.com /hotel/20782.html (703 words)

	BoatUS Government Affairs: AIWA Resolution - Dec 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		A coalition of Intracoastal Waterway users meeting in Savannah Dec. 15 called upon Georgia’s Congressional delegation to seek federal funds to correct hazardous navigation conditions throughout the state’s 161-mile portion of this important water highway.
		WHEREAS, The Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association’s mission is to support proper maintenance of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway throughout its entire length, including the waterway within the State of Georgia, and;
		WHEREAS, The Waterway is authorized by the U.S. Congress to be maintained at a navigation depth of 12 feet deep at mean low water throughout its length including the waterway section within the State of Georgia, and;
	www.boatus.com /gov/aiwa_res.htm (476 words)

	The Boating News. The Nation's Only Independent Boating Newspaper. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		With thousands of projects large and small awaiting approval and funding by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, users of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway have been informed that the Corps will reevaluate all projects for this year and has been denied any money in the 2003 Federal Budget for the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIW).
		Rosemary Lynch, director of the struggling Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association said, “We can’t say for sure what effect the Corps’ new economic analysis will have on the new projects.
		Parker’s concerns were validated when the Bush “war against terrorism” budget was announced and it contained no money to maintain the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway and other dramatic cuts in the Corps budget.
	www.theboatingnews.com /0502_zerofunds_atlinter.htm (865 words)

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		South Atlantic Division's Regional Management Board is tackling a civil works challenge that has existed for years and impacts four Corps districts along the lower portion of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW).
		Currently, the AIWW is a 740-mile navigation channel that extends from Norfolk, Va., to Fernandina, Fla., where it connects to the Florida Inland Waterway that extends down to the Florida Keys.
		The next logical steps would be to determine the most heavily trafficked sections of the waterway, calculate the benefits from commercial navigation, and verify that dredging was focused on these areas.
	www.hq.usace.army.mil /cepa/pubs/mar01/story7.htm (898 words)

	HR15.html
		WHEREAS, it is the mission of the association to encourage the continuation and further development of waterborne commerce and recreation in the Intracoastal Waterways of VA, NC, SC, GA, and FL through the promotion of adequate dredging, safe navigation, and maintenance; and
		NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of this body commend the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association for their energetic and creative response to the continuing needs of the intracoastal waterways of this state.
		BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized and directed to transmit a copy of this Resolution to Rosemary Lynch, Executive Director of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association.
	www.legis.state.ga.us /legis/2003_04/fulltext/hr15.htm (325 words)

	Critical News Concerning the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		While all were cryptic, they referred me to a series of announcements and press releases from the "Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association." This is an organization with which I've had some contact.
		With the new and seemingly total lack of funding for dredging the Atlantic ICW, the Army Corps of Engineers is scrambling to try and find the necessary moneys in some other part of their budget to dredge this channel.
		That is, waterways that carry less than 1 billion ton-miles of freight.
	www.sailmiami.com /SM_Articles/critical_AIWW.htm (2001 words)

	Atlantic Intracoastal Highway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Intracoastal Waterway is a navigable toll-free shipping route, extending for about 3,000 miles (4,800 km) along the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico coasts in the southern and eastern United States.
		The Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway serves ports from Boston to Key West, Fla. The route is linked by several essential man-made canals, including the Cape Cod, Chesapeake and Delaware, and Chesapeake-Albemarle.
		Commercial traffic (oceangoing vessels and barges) serves the heavily concentrated industrial areas north of Norfolk, Virginia; whereas, to the south, the waterway accommodates mainly pleasure craft traveling to the Florida resort areas.
	www.myrtlebeachnewhomes.com /atl_inter_hgwy.html (202 words)

	2005-2006 Bill 916: Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association - www.scstatehouse.net - LPITS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Whereas, it is the mission of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association to encourage the continuation and further development of waterborne commerce and recreation in the Intracoastal Waterways of South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Virginia through the promotion of adequate dredging, safe navigation, and maintenance; and
		Whereas, it is abundantly fitting and proper that the outstanding efforts of this association be recognized appropriately for its sixty years of dedicated and diligent promotion of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.
		That the members of the Senate of the State of South Carolina, by this resolution, commend the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association for sixty years of service to South Carolina and the nation and for its energetic and creative response to the continuing needs of the intracoastal waterways of South Carolina.
	www.scstatehouse.net /sess116_2005-2006/bills/916.htm (467 words)

	Managing the Waterways
		With over 260 interpretive vignettes on the history, wildlife, and culture of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (ICW), this cruising guide is more than a navigation book.
		For enjoying the Waterway along the way, or as an armchair sailor dreaming about this popular trip, each page includes interpretive vignettes that parallel the navigation column.
		These vignettes tell the story of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway: the regional flora and fauna, history and folklore, and pop culture and local events of this slice of waterfront America.
	www.pilothousecharts.com /managing.htm (171 words)

	Waterways forming and crossings of the Atlantic Intracoastal... - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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	Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (east)
		A non-contiguous section of the waterway connects Tampa Bay with the Okeechobee Waterway.
		The east section of the GIWW follows a course which generally runs between the mainland and the nearly continuous barrier islands along the Gulf of Mexico, although there are some sections that run on inland routes.
		In addition to the navigable rivers connecting to this waterway, many of the other large rivers may be explored for some distance upstream, particularly in periods of moderate to high flow.
	members.aol.com /americacruising/giww-east.html (402 words)

	Marinas \| Wilmington & North Carolina's Southern Coast
		The entire length of the four-county coastal region is fronted by the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW, or simply the Intracoastal Waterway, ICW), a series of barrier islands, numerous sounds and a variety of rivers and streams, all connecting with the Atlantic Ocean.
		The total waterway is about 3,000 miles in length and ranges from Boston to Key West on the Atlantic coast, and from Apalachee Bay in northwest Florida to Brownsville, Texas, on the Rio Grande River.
		The Cape Fear segment of the AIWW is a bonanza for nature and wildlife lovers because so much of it traverses the sounds and marshes between the barrier islands and the mainland.
	www.insiders-wilmington.com /main-marinas.htm (399 words)

	ATLANTIC INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY ACTION ALERT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Lockwood’s Folly, a portion of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway in North Carolina, is experiencing severe shoaling and
		The result is that barges are waiting, sometimes for as long as 12 hours before navigating through the area.
		The Corps of Engineers does not have money in their budget to do emergency dredging to open up the waterway.
	www.sailmiami.com /SM_Articles/aiwa_alert1203.htm (181 words)

	Marinas \| Wilmington & North Carolina's Southern Coast
		The total waterway is about 3,000 miles in length and ranges from Boston to Key West on the Atlantic coast, and from Apalachee Bay in northwest Florida to Brownsville, Texas, and the Rio Grande River on the Gulf of Mexico coast.
		The toll-free waterway is maintained by the Army Corps of Engineers to a minimum depth of 12 feet for most of its length, although 7 and 9 foot minimum depths will be found in some areas.
		The Cape Fear segment of the AIWW is a great place for nature and wildlife lovers because so much of it traverses the sounds and marshes between the barrier islands and the mainland.
	www.insiders.com /wilmington/main-marinas.htm (408 words)

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