[3] The work and the shareholder system were organized by James Jepson, Jr. and John Steele.

Work was hampered by the failure of the first two diversion dams at the Narrows section of the Virgin River.

The final dam was a timber crib and boulder structure, later augmented with concrete.

Wood flumes have been replaced with metal, and ten cisterns for drinking water have been abandoned.

[3] The Hurricane Canal was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 26, 1977.