Watch This if you love History

[@jrideout2802]

I don’t think I’ve ever had a KZbin video title call to me so much.

[@jaclynstarkey9494]

Hah! Same… immediately clicked when I saw this title lol.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Fresh air, beautiful scenery and a history lesson. Perfect

[@2007cgarza]

Thank you. People in general don't seem to care to learn about history anymore, doesn't engage them.

[@michaelmcenery7515]

So true all people care about now are thier phones &social media

[@moparedtn]

I've always been fascinated with history, which was supported in the schools I attended in young years (60s-70s). I wish more younger folks were as fascinated today - and that our education system still emphasized history as much as when I was a kid. Forgetting or being ignorant of history is often how humans get into trouble, after all. Thanks as always for the efforts Chris! - Ed on the Ridge

[@daughtershouse]

Not sure if I qualify as “younger folks” but I’m 33 and have been obsessed with history since I was a little girl! Didn’t help that I was born where US Grant lived so the Civil War fascination started young! 😂

[@tracysmith3076]

I loved this video. Thank you Chris. Their workmanship was incredible.

[@MobileInstinct2]

Thanks!

[@jasonblanchard9859]

Once again, Chris… you bring us a quality historical video. I appreciate your content.

[@stamford70]

I now a lot of people here in England take our canals for granted. because we have so many. whether still in use or like the one you have just visited. Most were built between 1759 - 1770. The oldest one in our country was built in AD50 and is still in use today! The were such great feats of engineering .

[@sherir4462]

Thank you for taking us on a journey! We thoroughly enjoyed this!

[@GoodJobBuddy]

Long time subscriber here. I'm from the Charlotte area. Just for future reference Catabwa is pronounced kuh-tah-bah. Round these parts anyway lol😅

[@TheSwissChalet]

Ca-TAW-ba River

[@thepikachuoftexas3871]

They have these I think in Georgetown, D.C. Really cool to see! 👍😊

[@The_Dudester]

6:20 "She turned me into a newt......I got better." IYKYK

[@AGhostintheHouse]

That's how we know she's a witch!

[@georgequinones6599]

Good afternoon Chris thank you for sharing all your videos. Just be careful out there in these wooded Area with Big Foot. Be safe and careful out there. Have a Blessed Day and Weekend.

[@bennetts-revenge_2]

What a beautiful and fascinating place. Canals and locks fascinate me. You picked a great place to check out Chris, Thanks for taking us along

[@Chaotic-Demise77]

I used live very close to that! You're about 45 minutes from where I used to live. I used to hike that to do photography/ video! There's a very old cemetery adjacent to the canal where the Pattons' are buried.

[@jrosnov]

Hi Chris,watching here from Maine ❤Thanks for taking me along!

[@gmanandhislady]

I live a couple hours away from Charlotte and have never heard of this place. The Catawba River is the main river around these parts. It's always interesting to hear people not here pronounce it, just like with the word Appalachian...App-a-latch-an is how we say it.

[@Michael666CA]

Wow that place is amazing.

[@timothyryan7234]

Hello mobile instincts, I enjoyed your videos plus the one with the canals and yes you were right how the wax work I watch, narrow boating and the UK and if you take a look at the videos, they still have that going which is awesome. Take care and God bless.

[@lucidrain9469]

Another slam-dunk Chris!! 💯💣

[@anaburkhardt5434]

Those Spider Lily's were in full bloom when I was there on Mother's day. They really are beautiful. So is the eagle in the nest you see on the way back.

[@andreajohnson1796]

Fascinating, all the green trees are just wonderful Thanks for sharing

[@Corgis175]

The last part of the canals where you were was spectacular. I've been to the canals in New Hope, PA (long ago) but don't remember anything like this.

[@Les205]

So much history in the East. Great video. Thank you.

[@mikebruce7723]

I live in Charlotte and didn't know about this. Thanks. Also Catawba is pronounced with the accent on the middle syllable.

[@Jerry-ok8gj]

What a beautiful and tranquil walk!!! Thank you for posting another great video! I always enjoy your videos! 😊

[@andytaylor5476]

I love history such as this. Amazing craftsmanship and engineering for it's time that still remains. So impressive. Thank you!

[@Liz-cmc313]

This was great Chris. Love old canals. Great Falls, Virginia has old canals and water falls. It's beautiful. That was a caterpillar you were holding, we have those in Virginia.

[@jodysales2362]

Woolly boogers here in northern Georgia. 😆

[@stepps511]

Chris, your passion and dedication to history is "catching". Thank you for this wonderful video. The canal and lock system is a testament to human ingenuity and ability to harness nature (to a degree) to suit a need. Well done,Sir!

[@utubehanna]

Thanks so much for sharing this with us! I would’ve never gotten to see it otherwise. I lived in North Carolina for three years. Beautiful state.

[@alexistrebexis3195]

These are good to fall asleep to! Relaxing, informative, and interesting.

[@karenlynn6860]

Once again, thank you for covering fascinating and informatative subjects. Love learning something new, while enjoying it!❤

[@Carolbearce]

Absolutely beautiful. We have some remnants of many old locks in Pennsylvania. Awesome to see.

[@MobileInstinct2]

Definitely lots of them there!

[@Corinthians-kjv]

Thank you for that tour of that beautiful place.

[@TJ-id6ee]

Beautiful and quiet, just how I like it! Thanks for making such quality videos. I found you when I watched your trip to Mount St.Helen's. It's so interesting to compare it now to how it Looked in 1983 when I came back to Olympia after college.

[@jburnett8152]

Such a awesome place. Amazing stone work.

[@pollyanna3591]

Another great video!

[@BlueEyedColonizer]

Thanks for what you do Sir. Truly enjoy it

[@Ganiscol]

History or generally showing interesting places is what brought me to your channels 5 or so years ago. So, its just back to the roots from my perspective. 😎

[@Hobotraveler82]

Just amazing piece of history. Thanks for sharing. This is going on my list of thing's to see. 😊

[@bobwitter7319]

Fantastic history journey. Great work 👍

[@johnniebravo5985]

Cool video Chris! You always show things we've never seen or heard about before!

[@deeb5392]

Hi Chris, i love your videos and especially this one as I’m a lock keepers daughter in Dublin, it’s quite technical how the gates use to work back then, the gates actually had small doors near the bottom of each gate, these were lowered or raised by a special key on the actual gate which would lower or raise the water but now here in Dublin one of our main gates to the Grand Canal is electric so now lock gates are being upgraded unfortunately 😢

[@trishagail353]

Awesome find, Chris!!❤ There's so much history to see in the Carolinas. Pronounced Ca - TAW - ba. That's how locals pronounce it.

[@GoodPersonTestWebsite]

Yes, that's how we pronounced it growing up in New Jersey, too. Had a road nearby with the name.

[@janwarriner6554]

Always enjoy the journey with you.

[@TheFinnMcGovern]

Neat video. Akron Ohio had 24 locks at one time to help boats from the Erie Canal. They now have walking paths around many of them downtown and even a park called Lock 3 where they hold concerts etc.

[@01FozzyS]

Such cool hidden gems in that area,Chris!

[@kathycagg6531]

Beautiful! Thanks, Chris!

[@jasoncameron6501]

Love this park!

[@Qugar666]

Yet another great video. Thanks for sharing.

[@deloradeabel8487]

What a beautiful piece of history!Thanks Chris!

[@zipshed]

The sone work is amazing...I love it! For the most part this whole locks system is a small version of the Sault Ste. Marie locks we have here in Michigan in our upper peninsula. They are worth checking out because you can watch giant freighters go through and you are right close too. Its an awesome experience! They have a platform you can stand on and literally shake hands with a guy on the ship as they go through...that close!

[@lakotawise3720]

I Love These Shows From Chris. Thank You Chris,🥰

[@brandyjean7015]

Thanks for taking us along.

[@jamesholt7612]

Awesome video Chris. I'm a huge history nerd just like you are. We have so many historical sites and places all over the southeast even here in Georgia.

[@paulapirpignani4802]

Chris you had me at hello...watch this if you love history...great story once again! Thank you

[@LyonessQueen]

I love history ❤. Thanks for sharing 🥰

[@danweiss1371]

I love history bigger small. And for 200 whatever you said 10 years ago, that’s some amazing high-quality rock walls. People took such pride in quality jobs trait that’s almost completely gone.

[@sfbadboy]

Those bottom blocks look just like the Erie Canal's and such precise masonry

[@Kimberly-dt4ko]

I enjoy history videos. This was a nice look at an old canal. It was hard to tell where it connects to the river in the second part. Have they blocked it from the river to keep the locks dry? Good video.

[@tamarawalker8973]

That was awesome!! Thanks.

[@rickhill88]

GREAT EXPLORE , thank you

[@kathycasey9153]

Newts are adorable. I call them Efts as well. Thanks for this awesome history lesson!

[@scottrider641]

So interesting and so beautiful. Such a great video. Thanks for taking us along on the tour, Chris

[@makeupwithmichelle9398]

Always so interesting thank you

[@BCaldwell]

Nice work Chris.... So cool man 👍

[@nikkigardiner9426]

Thank you , Chris! ❤

[@sueelliott3206]

This is so cool. Thanks for sharing.

[@rayrae204]

Love your content. Thanks

[@johnelliott0101]

Very fascinating, thanks for posting

[@bunnymaurer5164]

I enjoy your history. Keep it up.

[@NaomisAdventures]

Old canal locks are really cool. Sidecut Meteopark in Toledo Ohio has cool locks

[@RobsNeighbor]

Love it, thank you

[@ToneeKeating]

There are some locks left from the Ohio & Erie canal near where I grew up. One is in a park, one is just randomly along side a road, and one is in a random backyard. I wish at least the two publicly available ones were this well kept.

[@itneverwasme]

Always fascinated by these. Driving on the NY Thruway and seeing the old Erie canal runnign alongside, then here in MA following the Middlesex Canal from Rt 128 up to Lowell. So strange to see the remants still there amongst the changing environment and neighborhoods.

[@tashasmith6179]

Great video!! Thanks

[@glennjudd2467]

Interesting stuff ! Just amazing !

[@reneerollins4433]

Thanks for this interesting video. Those rock walls were meant to last! I wish I could have some like that around my house 😊

[@foxtrott99]

This is soooo cool ! 😊

[@andregould-287]

VERY INTERESTING..TY

[@JohnHowlett]

I live on a canal boat full time in the UK ...awsome to see the similarities

[@DouglasMosley759]

They usually pulled the boats down the canal by way of horses walking along the adjacent path that’s always present wherever the canals go. By the way, those canals were already here in the early 1800s.

[@nancytestani1470]

Found the body yet..something decomposing has a totally distinct smell.

[@barbarathompson8604]

If you are ever near Paw Paw , West Virginia, you need to visit the Paw Paw Tunnel on the C & O Canal, really interesting.

[@TheBamaChad-W4CHD]

Its always so cool seeing this type of historical stuff. We tend to look back at our great, great grandparents and see them being so primitive compared to us today. But the engineering our forefathers used to create incredible feats. Like locks. To be able to master something as powerful as running water is just crazy. Especially hundreds of years ago. Of course, this lock is only approaching 200 years old but they were in use long before this one was built. Human beings are incredibly resourceful!

[@tonypike5785]

That is a very Interesting place Chris you always find the best places, how wide would you say that water way is 12’ ? Thanks for taking us along with you.

[@cjromecki5086]

Great video!

[@FuRpLe74]

Such a beautiful place 😁👍

[@fatimaali8645]

Really l❤ved this video… history is so interesting and important… I loved the stone work it was cool 😎

[@mona2046]

Great explore!!! Hard to imagine those were lochs, wow. Why would someone leave their kayak? Thank you!!!

[@rikspector]

Your videos always fascinating, I look forward to them. In the same vein, The youtuber, The Wandering Woodsman, walked the old Pennsylvania Union Canal, as much as he could, following the towpath, sometimes. It's from the same period as this one, but not many locks remain intact. Check him out, he did a whole series on it. Cheers, Rik Spector

[@rogerhare7886]

I do love history and I’m glad I watched.

[@koningbolo4700]

Great a free kayak...

[@jermindygent.2526]

(Another)Excellent video ❤

[@SucatSus]

I live right across the street from a maumee river working dam and canal. You can still ride the boat

[@JedCurrie]

Good video thanks 👍

[@joycebowen8958]

The engineering and the level of water manipulation is astonishing and incredibly creative in order for the people living there to engage in commerce it must've been something during its heyday. We are only now beginning to understand and reintroduce these methods once lost to control flooding,drought and other byproducts of the damage brought on by the "progression" the railroad boom. Thank you for another exciting and interesting video taking us along for a trip through the time machine and letting us learn history our school didn't teach.❤

[@FrankieG35]

Im from New Jersey but would travel for work and we worked at the pulp mill on that river

[@countryboy5510]

love it

[@looneytunes7878]

I often don't understand what you're explaining but I very much enjoy your enthusiasm, (I had to look that word up to get the spelling right.) Do you usually travel alone?