Originally, most of the area in Damnoen Saduak was land. Local traveling was mainly by land route. Until during the King
Mongkut's reign (Rama IV), he ordered the Khlong Damnoen Saduak to be excavated to connect water transportation (its name literally 'comfortable travel'). It took two years to complete handled by
Somdet Chaophraya Sri Suriwongse. The official inauguration ceremony took place in 1868 at
Bang Nok Khwaek, its origin. Khlong Damnoen Saduak is a longest straight line man-made canal in Thailand, it links two rivers to facilitate transportation and trading routes as mentioned above. It also connects to the
Khlong Phasi Charoen, which leads to the
Chao Phraya River in the
Bangkok area. Khlong Damnoen Saduak is about long, divided into eight
milestones (at present, the remaining original area of Damnoen Saduak is the area of Don Phai sub-district). Most of the workers were Chinese from
southern China. When the canal was finished, they settled on two banks of the canal, resulting in the condition of the floating market and waterfront community as it appears today. The occupation of Damnoen Saduak people in the past was mostly gardeners due to fertile land, they extended their new farmland to Khlong Damnoen Saduak. There were farmers working on their farms and others worked in transportation, at that time, there was no road, trading by waterways was very busy. There were many kinds of boats commuting in the canal, including large boats, medium-size boats,
sampan boats, tugboats, wooden boats and others. The originally local houses were made of wood. When a number of people moved into Damnoen Saduak areas, hence the houses are next to each other. There are pathways on both sides of the canal bridging all the houses, so it was easy to get by, creating a nature of the community. The geography of settlements facing each other along the waterways. == Administration ==