Canoe is an
unincorporated community
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in
Escambia County,
Alabama
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, anthem = "Alabama (state song), Alabama"
, image_map = Alabama in United States.svg
, seat = Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery
, LargestCity = Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville
, LargestCounty = Baldwin County, Al ...
, United States. Originally called ''Canoe Station'', the settlement was a stop along the Mobile and Great Northern Railroad.
Civil War
During the
American Civil War
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,
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forces operated out of the area and on March 27-March 28, 1865 10,000
Union
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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
Blakely, Alabama
Blakeley is a ghost town in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. During the height of its existence, Blakeley was a thriving town which flourished as a competitor to its western neighbor, Mobile. Blakeley was the county seat for Baldwin Count ...
. 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 {{Infobox school
, name = Escambia Academy
, logo =
, motto = ''We are building champions both on and off the field''
, streetaddress = 268 Cowpen Creek Road
, city ...
, and a water system.
The local public school district is
Escambia County School District
The Escambia County School District (ECSD) is the organization responsible for the administration of public schools in all of Escambia County, Florida, in the United States. The district currently administers 35 elementary schools, nine middle sch ...
as it includes all portions of Escambia County outside of
Brewton.
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References
Unincorporated communities in Alabama
Unincorporated communities in Escambia County, Alabama{{Short description, Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States