Arizona Canal

The Arizona Canal is a major canal in central Maricopa County that led to the founding of several communities, now among the wealthier neighborhoods of suburban Phoenix, constructed in the late 1880s. Flood irrigation of residential yards is still common in these neighborhoods, using a system of lateral waterways connected via gates to the canal itself. Like most Valley canals, its banks are popular with joggers and bicyclists. U.S. Bicycle Route 90 runs along the canal from Skunk Creek in Peoriato Maryland Avenue in Phoenix. The Maricopa Trail runs along the Arizona Canal from the Granite Reef Diversion Dam to the Scottsdale Nature Area at Indian Bend Wash; the Sun Circle Trail runs along the Arizona Canal for its entire length. The canal, nearly 50 miles (80 km) long, is the northernmost canal in the Salt River Project's 131-mile (211 km) water distribution system. Beginning at the Granite Reef Diversion Dam, northeast of Mesa, it flows west across the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, downtown Scottsdale, Phoenix's Arcadia and Sunnyslope neighborhoods, Glendale, and Peoria before ending at New River near Arrowhead Towne Center.

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