Burswood canal was one of the earliest public works conducted in the Swan River Colony (now Western Australia) on the Burswood peninsula on the Swan River in the 1830s.

[1] It was made to shorten the journey on the Swan River, between Fremantle and Guildford.

At that time Guildford was more prominent than Perth.

[2] It was located in what is now Burswood.

When the South Western Railway line over the area was built – a small bridge was made over the canal[3][4] and a road bridge was built as well.