Intracoastal Waterway

The Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway is a 4800 km long coastal waterway along the Atlantic Coast and Gulf Coast in the United States. It ranges from Florida to Boston in Massachusetts and serves both commercial purposes, as well as for recreation. The use of the waterway is free but commercial users pay a so-called Fuel Tax.

The Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway consists of natural channels, salt water rivers, bays and man-made channels.

Parts of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway

Natural creeks and lakes

• Albemarle Sound
• Barnegat Bay
• Biscayne Bay
• Buzzards Bay
• Cape Cod Bay
• Casco Bay
• Chesapeake Bay
• Delaware Bay
• River East
• Gulf of Maine
• Halifax River
• Indian River Lagoon
• Long Iceland Sound
• Pamlico Sound

Channels

• Chesapeake and Delaware Ship Canal
• Cape Cod Canal
• Dismal Swamp Canal
• Delaware and Raritan Canal
• Point Pleasant Canal
• Waccamaw River in South Carolina
• Winyah Bay in South Carolina
• Little River Inlet, South Carolina