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Place Description
Canada Township

SE Jackson County.

Canadian Hole

deep trough just offshore in Pamlico Sound, N of Buxton, E Dare County. Frequented by windsurfers, many of them Canadian. Term also used by N.C. Department of Transportation to describe section of highway 12 subject to frequent washouts.

Canadian Top

peak in W Haywood County, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, near lat. 35°38'55" N., long. 83°06'13" W.

Canady Creek

rises in N Guilford County and flows NW into Rockingham County. Name is a variation of Thomas Kennedy, pioneer settler.

Canal A

in central Washington County, drains NE from East Dismal Swamp into Main Canal.

Canal B

in central Washington County, drains NE from East Dismal Swamp into Main Canal.

Canal Gut

rises in SW Bertie County and flows S into Roanoke River.

Canal Swamp

rises in E Northampton County and flows SE into Hertford County, where it enters Potecasi Creek.

Canby

community in S Montgomery County on Thickety Creek. Served by post office, 1900-1932. Named by Chesley Greene for Fort Canby, Wash., where he served during the Spanish-American War.

Candills

community in W Johnston County served by post office, 1891-1903.