Caledonian Canal On Visit To The Highlands Of Scotland

Tour Scotland travel video, with Scottish music, of the Caledonian Canal on ancestry visit to the Highlands. It connects the Scottish east coast at Inverness with the west coast at Corpach near Fort William in Scotland. The canal was constructed in the early nineteenth century by Scottish engineer Thomas Telford. The canal runs some 60 miles from north east to south west and reaches 106 feet above sea level. Only one third of the entire length is man made, the rest being formed by Loch Dochfour, Loch Ness, Loch Oich, and Loch Lochy. These lochs are located in the Great Glen, on a geological fault in the Earth's crust. There are 29 locks, including eight at Neptune's Staircase, Banavie, four aqueducts and 10 bridges in the course of the canal. There was an upsurge in commercial traffic during the First World War, when components for the construction of mines were shipped through the canal on their way from America to U.S. Naval Base 18, Muirtown Basin, Inverness, and fishing boats used it to avoid possible enemy action on the longer route around the north of Scotland. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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