33 USC § 53 - Benton Harbor Canal, Michigan

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s53"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "33 USC § 53 - Benton Harbor Canal, Michigan"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "53"
section_name: "Benton Harbor Canal, Michigan"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "WATERS DECLARED NONNAVIGABLE: CHANGE OF NAME"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 2, 1937, ch. 288, §§ 1, 3, 50 Stat. 243.)"
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# § 53. Benton Harbor Canal, Michigan

The Benton Harbor Canal at and above the west line of Ninth Street, in the city of Benton Harbor and State of Michigan, is declared to be not a navigable water of the United States within the meaning of the Constitution and laws of the United States.

The right to alter, amend, or repeal this section is expressly reserved.

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**Source Credit**: (June 2, 1937, ch. 288, §§ 1, 3, 50 Stat. 243.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This section, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning , , sections 1 and 3 of which are classified to this section. Section 2 of the Act, which relates to abandonment of a portion of the Benton Harbor Canal project, is not classified to the Code.