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Dutch Gap: US-1 - MM 079.4 - SB - W. Hundred Road
Dutch Gap is best known within Virginia for the Dutch Gap Canal, a cut through a bend of the James River begun by Union forces in 1864 during the Civil War. Conceived under Major General Benjamin Butler as a military shortcut, the excavation did not bring the hoped-for strategic breakthrough, but the canal was later completed for navigation and changed the river’s course. The area lies in Chesterfield County, southeast of Richmond, where commercial development follows major roads and the river’s broad lowland remains nearby. Dutch Gap Conservation Area protects part of this James River shoreline, linking wetlands, woodland and water recreation to the locality’s wartime past.
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