The process of making or constructing canals, or the system of canals in a region (American English spelling).
From canal plus -ization (American English suffix). Same root as canalisation but following American spelling conventions where -ize replaces British -ise.
The Erie Canal's canalization of upstate New York in the 1820s made New York City the nation's premier port—one engineering project shaped American commerce for a century.
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