Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal, SE Va., a sect. (c.10 mi/16 km long) of Intracoastal Waterway; connects South Branch of Elizabeth R. (arm of Hampton Roads estuary) at Chesapeake in W, North Landing R. in E; channeled stream flows SSE to Currituck Sound, arm of Albermarle Sound, N.C. Atlantic Ocean to E.