---
kind: "unit"
title: "33"
title_heading: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
key: "ch1/schII"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter II"
heading: "Waters Declared Nonnavigable: Change of Name"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/33/ch1-schII"
sections_count: 94
---

# Subchapter II — Waters Declared Nonnavigable: Change of Name

Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters › Chapter 1 — Navigable Waters Generally

## Sections

- [§21. Bayou Cocodrie, Louisiana](/usc/33/21.md)
- [§22. Bayou Meto, Arkansas](/usc/33/22.md)
- [§23. Bear Creek, Mississippi](/usc/33/23.md)
- [§24. Big Tarkio River, Missouri](/usc/33/24.md)
- [§25. Cache River, Arkansas](/usc/33/25.md)
- [§26. Calumet River, Cook County, Illinois, old channel](/usc/33/26.md)
- [§26a. Additional portion of Calumet River, old channel, abandoned as navigable water](/usc/33/26a.md)
- [§26b. Portion of Calumet River, Chicago, as nonnavigable stream](/usc/33/26b.md)
- [§27. Chicago River at Chicago, Illinois](/usc/33/27.md)
- [§27a. Chicago River, West Fork of South Branch](/usc/33/27a.md)
- [§27b. Chicago River, West arm of South Fork of South Branch](/usc/33/27b.md)
- [§28. Crum River; old channel at mouth, Delaware Bay](/usc/33/28.md)
- [§29. Cuivre River, Missouri](/usc/33/29.md)
- [§29a. East River, Wisconsin](/usc/33/29a.md)
- [§30. Grand River, Missouri, above Brunswick](/usc/33/30.md)
- [§31. Iowa River, Iowa, above Toolsboro](/usc/33/31.md)
- [§32. Lake George, Mississippi](/usc/33/32.md)
- [§33. Little River, Arkansas, from Big Lake to Marked Tree](/usc/33/33.md)
- [§34. Mill Slough, Oregon](/usc/33/34.md)
- [§35. Mississippi River, West Channel, opposite La Crosse, Wisconsin](/usc/33/35.md)
- [§36. Mosquito Creek, South Carolina](/usc/33/36.md)
- [§37. Nodaway River, Missouri](/usc/33/37.md)
- [§38. Oklawaha River, Florida; Kyle and Young Canal and “Morrison Landing extension” substituted](/usc/33/38.md)
- [§39. Ollala Slough, Oregon](/usc/33/39.md)
- [§40. One Hundred and Two River, Missouri](/usc/33/40.md)
- [§41. Osage River, Missouri](/usc/33/41.md)
- [§42. Platte River, Missouri](/usc/33/42.md)
- [§43. Saint Marys River, Ohio and Indiana](/usc/33/43.md)
- [§44. Sturgeon Bay, Illinois](/usc/33/44.md)
- [§45. Swan Creek, Toledo, Ohio](/usc/33/45.md)
- [§46. Tchula Lake, Mississippi](/usc/33/46.md)
- [§47. Eagle Lake, Louisiana-Mississippi](/usc/33/47.md)
- [§48. Noxubee River, Mississippi](/usc/33/48.md)
- [§49. Bayou Saint John in New Orleans](/usc/33/49.md)
- [§50. Turtle Bay and Turtle Bayou, Texas](/usc/33/50.md)
- [§51. Scajaquada Creek, New York](/usc/33/51.md)
- [§52. Park River, Connecticut](/usc/33/52.md)
- [§53. Benton Harbor Canal, Michigan](/usc/33/53.md)
- [§53a. Additional portion of Benton Harbor Canal, abandoned as navigable water](/usc/33/53a.md)
- [§54. Burr Creek, Bridgeport, Connecticut](/usc/33/54.md)
- [§55. Bayou Savage (or Chantilly) in New Orleans](/usc/33/55.md)
- [§56. Fort Point Channel and South Bay, Boston, Massachusetts](/usc/33/56.md)
- [§57. Pike Creek, Wisconsin](/usc/33/57.md)
- [§58. Acushnet River section of New Bedford and Fairhaven Harbor, Massachusetts](/usc/33/58.md)
- [§59. West River in West Haven, Connecticut](/usc/33/59.md)
- [§59a. Back Cove, Portland, Maine](/usc/33/59a.md)
- [§59b. Bayous Terrebonne and LeCarpe, Louisiana](/usc/33/59b.md)
- [§59c. East River, New York](/usc/33/59c.md)
- [§59c–1. East and Hudson Rivers, New York](/usc/33/59c-1.md)
- [§59c–2. East River, New York](/usc/33/59c-2.md)
- [§59c–3. Queens County, New York](/usc/33/59c-3.md)
- [§59d. River Raisin, Michigan](/usc/33/59d.md)
- [§59e. Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana](/usc/33/59e.md)
- [§59e–1. Additional portion of Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana](/usc/33/59e-1.md)
- [§59f. Boston Inner Harbor and Fort Point Channel, Massachusetts](/usc/33/59f.md)
- [§59g. Steele and Washington Bayous, and Lake Washington, Mississippi](/usc/33/59g.md)
- [§59h. San Francisco, California, Waterfront Area](/usc/33/59h.md)
- [§59h–1. Repealed.](/usc/33/59h-1.md)
- [§59i. Patapsco River, Maryland](/usc/33/59i.md)
- [§59j. Delaware River, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; permanent structures](/usc/33/59j.md)
- [§59j–1. Declaration of nonnavigability for portions of the Delaware River](/usc/33/59j-1.md)
- [§59k. Wicomico River, Maryland](/usc/33/59k.md)
- [§59l. Nonapplicability of prohibitions and provisions for review and approval concerning wharves and piers](/usc/33/59l.md)
- [§59m. Lake Oswego, Oregon; Lake Coeur d’Alene, Idaho; and Lake George, New York](/usc/33/59m.md)
- [§59n. Hudson River, Hudson County, New Jersey](/usc/33/59n.md)
- [§59n–1. Caven Point, New Jersey](/usc/33/59n-1.md)
- [§59o. Hackensack River, Hudson County, New Jersey](/usc/33/59o.md)
- [§59p. Kenduskeag Stream, Penobscot County, Maine](/usc/33/59p.md)
- [§59q. Erie Basin, Buffalo Harbor, New York](/usc/33/59q.md)
- [§59q–1. Union Canal, Outer Buffalo Harbor, New York](/usc/33/59q-1.md)
- [§59r. Trent River, Craven County, North Carolina](/usc/33/59r.md)
- [§59s. Green River, Washington](/usc/33/59s.md)
- [§59t. Burnham Canal, Milwaukee, Wisconsin](/usc/33/59t.md)
- [§59u. Lawyer’s Ditch, Essex County, New Jersey](/usc/33/59u.md)
- [§59v. Middle River, Maryland](/usc/33/59v.md)
- [§59w. Norton Basin and Jamaica Bay, New York](/usc/33/59w.md)
- [§59x. Exemption from General Bridge Act of 1946](/usc/33/59x.md)
- [§59y. Declaration of nonnavigability for portions of Coney Island Creek and Gravesend Bay, New York](/usc/33/59y.md)
- [§59z. Declaration of nonnavigability of bodies of water in Ridgefield, New Jersey](/usc/33/59z.md)
- [§59aa. Nonnavigability of Wisconsin River](/usc/33/59aa.md)
- [§59bb. Declaration of nonnavigability for portions of Lake Erie](/usc/33/59bb.md)
- [§59bb–1. Declaration of nonnavigability for Lake Erie, New York](/usc/33/59bb-1.md)
- [§59cc. Declaration of nonnavigability of portion of Hudson River, New York](/usc/33/59cc.md)
- [§59dd. Declaration of nonnavigability of portions of Cleveland Harbor, Ohio](/usc/33/59dd.md)
- [§59ee. Portion of Sacramento River Barge Canal declared to not be navigable waters of United States](/usc/33/59ee.md)
- [§59ee–1. Declaration of nonnavigability for portion of Sacramento Deep Water Ship Channel](/usc/33/59ee-1.md)
- [§59ff. Declaration of nonnavigability for portions of Pelican Island, Texas](/usc/33/59ff.md)
- [§59gg. Declaration of nonnavigability for portions of Cuyahoga County, Ohio](/usc/33/59gg.md)
- [§59hh. Declaration of nonnavigability for portion of Pelican Island, Texas](/usc/33/59hh.md)
- [§59ii. Declaration of nonnavigability of a portion of the canal known as the James River and Kanawha Canal in Richmond, Virginia](/usc/33/59ii.md)
- [§59jj. Designation of nonnavigability for portions of Gloucester County, New Jersey](/usc/33/59jj.md)
- [§59kk. Wateree River](/usc/33/59kk.md)
- [§59ll. Central Delaware River, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania](/usc/33/59ll.md)
- [§59mm. Coalbank Slough deemed not navigable waters of the United States for certain purposes](/usc/33/59mm.md)