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Canoe, Alabama

Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States

Field	Value
official_name	Canoe, Alabama
settlement_type	Unincorporated community
image_skyline	File:1922 fire insurance map of Canoe, Alabama.jpg
image_caption	1922 fire insurance map of Canoe
pushpin_map	Alabama#USA
pushpin_label	Canoe
pushpin_label_position	top
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	United States
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Alabama
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Escambia
unit_pref	Imperial
timezone	Central (CST)
utc_offset	-6
timezone_DST	CDT
utc_offset_DST	-5
elevation_footnotes
elevation_ft	282
coordinates
coordinates_footnotes
area_code	251
blank_name	GNIS feature ID
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Canoe is an unincorporated community in Escambia County, Alabama, United States. Originally called Canoe Station, the settlement was a stop along the Mobile and Great Northern Railroad.

History

Civil War

During the American Civil War, Confederate forces operated out of the area and on March 27-March 28, 1865 10,000 Union soldiers camped in Canoe during the Canoe Rendezvous. During this 24-hour period several Union commanders brought together their forces which had been operating in the area and then moved on towards Blakeley, Alabama. Gen. C.C. Andrews mentions this period in his book, History of the Campaign of Mobile.

Prosperity and decline

The settlement grew into a town and prospered from the 1870s-1950s. New settlers came during the 1880s-early 1900s in search of cheap, cut over timberland on which to build homes and farms. The town was the site of 3 schools, a mineral spring, and a hotel, among other businesses. By the 1960s, Canoe was in an economic decline as store keepers aged, closed up shop, and as younger people moved from the town. The post office and public schools closed by the 1970s.

Present day

Today, Canoe has a population of several hundred with a half dozen shops and businesses, Escambia Academy, and a water system.

The local public school district is Escambia County School District as it includes all portions of Escambia County outside of Brewton.

References

{{GNIS. 115587
"2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Escambia County, AL". [[U.S. Census Bureau]].

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