Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-102
§53a Additional Portion of Benton Harbor Canal, Abandoned as Navigable Water
Title 33 › CHAPTER 1 — NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY › SUBCHAPTER II — WATERS DECLARED NONNAVIGABLE: CHANGE OF NAME › § 53a
Summary
The canal in Benton Harbor between Ninth Street and Riverview Drive is not U.S. navigable water.
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Title 33, §53a
Navigation and Navigable Waters, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The Benton Harbor Canal, from the west line of Ninth Street extended northerly to the west line of Riverview Drive extended northerly in the city of Benton Harbor and State of Michigan, be, and the same is hereby, declared to be not a navigable water of the United States within the meaning of the Constitution and laws of the United States.
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Citation
33 U.S.C. § 53a
Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102