Walking virtual tour of Venice Beach Canels in Venice Beach, California in 4K.

The canals are comprised of six waterways: Carroll, Linnie, Howland, Sherman, Eastern, and Grand. Approximately one and a half miles in length and 50 feet in width, they form a grid and three residential islands now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Cars can access homes via Dell Avenue’s four bridges, and pedestrians can use nine footbridges.

By 1940, the deteriorated sidewalks were closed to the public. Thankfully a major ‘90s restoration project replaced them, deepened the canals, added a saltbush barrier and rebuilt the sides of the channels. It's now a perfect place to amble as pathways meander over quaint bridges and past a duck pond, a children’s play area, landscaped yards, a monarch butterfly garden, and an extremely wide variety of architecture from multi-story concrete boxes, and vintage bungalows to castles with turrets. The neighborhood's designation as a wildlife preserve has once again made it popular with herons, egrets, coots, pelicans, and subsequently, birders. The water quality is now maintained through twice-weekly natural tidal flushing cycles. Occasionally, seals and leopard sharks venture in through open tidal gates.

The canals themselves go for about as long as you would like to walk. I walked for about 45 minutes, and there was still a lot to see. It is a beautiful place for a leisurely stroll and to take in the serene area that seems almost out of place in the chaos of Venice Beach.

Almost every house on the canals has a dock, and half of them have some form of boat that they can take on the water. It seems like it would be a pretty cool life to simply walk outside your door, get in your gondola, and travel down the waterway to the neighbor’s house.

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