Riverfront Canal Walk

There are so many things to do along Richmond’s Canal Walk

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Canal Walk
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Brown's Island
Brown's Island
Canal Walk
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Canal Walk
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VCU fans on Boat ride
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Downtown attractions on display

Stretching 1¼ miles along the James River canal and the Kanawha and Haxall canals, Canal Walk has access points at nearly every block between 5th and 17th streets.

  • Sites and Attractions
  • Monuments and Exhibits
  • Trails and Parks
  • Outdoor Adventures
  • Dining and Events
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attractions

  • Belle Isle Pedestrian Bridge
  • Blue Heron Rookery
  • Box Brown Plaza
  • Brown’s Island
  • Canal cruises and exhibits
  • Canal Walk
  • Chapel Island
  • Christopher Newport Cross
  • Civil War Centers at Historic Tredegar
  • Creative work space
  • Eat, drink, be merry
  • Edgar Allan Poe Museum
  • Festivals, events and concerts
  • First Freedom Center
  • Fishing on the James
  • George Washington’s Vision
  • Great Shiplock Park
  • James River park and trails
  • Kayaking class IV rapids
  • Lincoln and Tad Statue
  • Lofty living
  • Main Street Station
  • Mountain bike trails
  • Picnics and family outings
  • Richmond Slave Trail
  • RVA Street Art
  • Shockoe Design District
  • Swimming, sunbathing, floating
  • The 1865 Exhibit
  • The Fed Experience
  • The Headman Statue
  • The Mill Sculpture
  • Tidewater Connection Locks
  • Triple Crossing
  • Tubing, rafting and boarding
  • Turning Basin
  • Virginia Capital Trail
  • Virginia Holocaust Museum
  • Virginia War Memorial
  • Walking, running, strolling
Venture Richmond
  • Riverfront Canal Walk
  • Located along the Riverfront between 5th Street and 17th Street
    Riverfront Canal Cruises
    139 Virginia Street
  • Richmond, Virginia 23219
  • Phone: (804) 788-6466 | Ticket kiosk: (804) 649-2800
  • Email: contactus@venturerichmond.com
  • Updated: 01/09/2019
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