A little NOLA history

The Basin Canal took what is now a bike path from Bayou St John to Basin St (it ended there because they did not yet have the technology to connect the canal to the river but that is what Canal Street was originally saved for. The River would have flooded the lake had they connected them because it is higher)

The New Basin Canal was the one the Yankees (New Americans in the area) built to compete with the Creoles of the Quarter. This is the one that followed the interstate.

anyway, I didn't create this to cause further fear. I just find it fascinating.