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Canals are man-made waterways, usually connecting existing lakes, rivers, or oceans. There are two main types of canal: irrigation canals for the delivery of water and transportation canals for passage of goods and people. Some rivers have also been 'channelised' to make them navigable.

Smaller transportation canals can carry barges or narrowboats, while ship canals can accommodate sea-going ships and may connect one ocean to another.

Ancient canals


The oldest-known canals were built in Mesopotamia circa 4000 BC. The Indus Valley Civilization in Pakistan and North India (from circa 2600 BC) had the first canal irrigation system in the world. * The longest canal of ancient times was the Grand Canal of China. It is 1794 kilometers (1115 miles) long and was built to carry the Emperor Yang Guang between Beijing and Hangzhou. The project began in 605, although the oldest sections of the canal may have existed since circa 486 BC. In places it is 30 m (100 ft) wide.

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Back in Amsterdam! It's bloody freezing! Canals are frozen over!
jamzformer (jamie garden) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:02:58 -0000
Back in Amsterdam! It's bloody freezing! Canals are frozen over!
is in so much pain. i hate toothache. so i found out yesterday why my face is so swollen. I need 2 root canals.. im so scared i hate the den
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is in so much pain. i hate toothache. so i found out yesterday why my face is so swollen. I need 2 root canals.. im so scared i hate the den
We'll set up a "wintry canals photo gallery" for a bit of fun. Max file size 150kb please. Email link here: http://bit.ly/4QJKbG
canalnarrowboat (Scenic Britain Ltd) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:52:31 -0000
We'll set up a "wintry canals photo gallery" for a bit of fun. Max file size 150kb please. Email link here: http://bit.ly/4QJKbG
Are there any canals NOT frozen?
canalnarrowboat (Scenic Britain Ltd) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:21:41 -0000
Are there any canals NOT frozen?
RT @drbloem: Root Canals Can Have Devastating Effects. http://ow.ly/STyM
worthingshiatsu (Tony Brown) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:58:57 -0000
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First meeting of the day in the Jewellery Quarter, followed by a beautiful snowy walk along the canals back to the office.
beckycad (Rebecca Cadwallader) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:51:14 -0000
First meeting of the day in the Jewellery Quarter, followed by a beautiful snowy walk along the canals back to the office.

 
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Millennium Link - A tourist guide to the Forth Clyde and Union canals and the Falkirk Wheel boatlift in central Scotland
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Aquafest 2002 - North West Canal Happenings! - Information on events and festivals from Liverpool to Huddersfield and on cruising the newly opened canals in England's North West in 2002.

Canal Archive: Bridging the Years - Explores the creation of the Bridgewater Canal, the building of the Manchester Ship Canal, the development Trafford Park and the decline and rebirth of the waterfront as Salford Quays.
Meta Description: [ Bridging the Years is an archive of images that explore the creation of Britain's first commercial waterway, the Bridgewater Canal, and the construction of the Manchester Ship Canal, which took place over 100 years later. ]

Canal Boating in the UK and Europe - An introduction for those unfamiliar with the pleasures of canal and waterway cruising, as well as a resource for experienced boaters.
Meta Description: [ Comprehensive, non-commercial, site covering everything related to canals and inland waterways of the UK and Europe. ]

Canal Cruising Guide - A guide to narrowboats, hire companies, pubs, restaurants, shopping and recreation along the Canals of the Midlands in the UK. Includes links, maps and contact information.
Meta Description: [ Canals of the Midlands: pubs, restaurants, shopping, places to see on your canal holiday includes the Grand Union Canal Shropshire Union Canal and Midlands Canals ]

Canal Junction - Comprehensive guide and leisure directory for British canals, cruising guides and background about culture, tradition, heritage, engineering, and folk art plus links to leisure companies.
Meta Description: [ Comprehensive guide and leisure directory for British canals, canal holidays, narrowboat hire, canal guides, culture, tradition, heritage, engineering and unique folk art. ]

Canalia - Information on Britain's historic canals and waterways including holidays afloat, canal related books and magazines, events, and stoppages.
Meta Description: [ Canalia magazine on Britain's historic canals and waterways including holidays afloat, canal related books and magazines, events, stoppages and general information ]

Canalplan AC - An online route planner for UK inland waterways. The site includes a gazetteer, FAQs, guest book, forum and contact information.

Carillon Canal National Historic Site of Canada - This waterway allows users to bypass the Long-Sault rapids on the Ottawa River. Built in 1833 for the military, it soon became used for commerce.
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Chambly Canal National Historic Site of Canada - This canal opened in 1843 to allow uninterrupted navigation between Lake Champlain and the Chambly Basin. Popular today with pleasure boaters.
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Champlain Canal - History, boating information, maps, photos and business services available to travelers and shoppers on this canal in upstate New York, USA.

Chelmsford Boats - Offers some information on the waterways around Chelmsford, Essex, UK.
Meta Description: [ The site has information about the history and latest developments of the waterways around Chelmsford, Essex, England, and a shop selling bits for boats made by small businesses in the area. There is a Boating Forum to stimulate debate about the boating issues in the UK and the local area. ]

Cruising America's Waterways - Guide to destinations for independent boaters with descriptions of 20 multi-day cruises on America's rivers, canals, and waterways.
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Cruising the Canals and Rivers of Europe - A monthly newsletter with articles and information on traveling the waterways of 14 countries of Europe.

Driffield Navigation Gallery - An independent site promoting the Driffield Navigation. Includes virtual cruises and a picture gallery of past and present views.
Meta Description: [ The Driffield Navigation Gallery dedicated to representing the Navigation in a visual form with Pictures Past, Present and virtual cruises. ]

Dudley Canal Trust - A brief history of Dudley Tunnel and famous limestone mines. Information for boaters requiring passage through the 2888m long tunnel,and information on boattrips into the limestone mines under Dudley
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Erie Canal: The Building of the Great Western Canal - The Erie Canal became the superhighway of transportation in the 1800s and opened up the Upper Midwest of the United States to farming and migration.
Meta Description: [ The Erie Canal was the nation's first major transportation system. It allowed goods to be shipped to and from New York City and the Upper Midwest, starting the migration that created the USA as we know it today. ]

Grantham Canal - Describing the restoration of this canal which runs from the River Trent to Grantham in the UK.
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Great Dismal Swamp Waterway and Canal - This historic canal is a frequent route for boaters traveling the American Intercoastal Waterway (ICW) The site includes historical data, photos, travel links, and other useful information.
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History of the Erie Canal - University of Rochester students' documentation of the history of the Erie Canal and its successor, the New York State Barge Canal, with concentration on the impact on New York and America in the nineteenth century.

Jim Shead's Waterways Information - Information on UK navigable rivers and canals, including tables of locks and distances, map, history, tunnels, aqueducts, bibliography, articles, photographs, and glossary.

Lachine Canal National Historic Site of Canada - This canal opened in 1825 as the doorway to waterways linking the Atlantic to the heart of North America. Replaced in 1970, it was being reopened in 2002 for pleasure boating.
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Lancaster Canal History and Information - Including information on the towns, villages, boatyards, boating, pubs and facilities nearby.
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Lock92: Discovering Northern England's Canal Heritage - Northern England's Rochdale, Huddersfield narrow, Ashton, Peak Forest, Macclesfield, and the Leeds and Liverpool canal heritage seen through photographs and visitor comments.
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Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal - The canal links Bolton and Bury to Salford in the UK and was built as a cheap form of transport for the goods being produced there.

Mike Stevens' UK INland Waterways Pages - Illustrated guide to London Canals. Maps of UK waterways history. Reports of narrowboat and sailing barge voyages. Waterways humour. Cats afloat.
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Narrow Boating on the UK Inland Waterways - Informative, yet humourous, with canal history, glossary, information for boaters and useful links about art, history and business on the canals.

New York State Canal System - Information on the Erie, Champlain, Oswego and Cayuga-Seneca canal system, towns along the canals, things to do, things to see, boat operators, and other information.
Meta Description: [ The Official WWW site of the New York State Canal System, published by the New York State Canal Corporation. This site contains Canal-related activities and events and boating information. ]

Next Generation Boat Project - The graphics-intensive site of a non-profit organisation operating boating trips on the Leeds Liverpool Canal for children and young adults.
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500 NYCanal.com - What to see, how to get there, where to stay when traveling on the New York State Canal System.
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Pennine Waterways - Dedicated to the canals of the South Pennines, UK: Huddersfield, Ashton, Rochdale and Peak Forest Canals. Features restoration of Huddersfield Canal and virtual cruises.
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Portsmouth to London Canal - Presenting a history of the Portsmouth to London canal of the 1800s, how it was built and why it failed. The site includes fifty pictures.
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Rideau Canal National Historic Site of Canada - A chain of lakes, rivers and canals winding 202 km from Kingston, at the head of Lake Ontario, to Ottawa, Canada's capital city.
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Rideau Canal Waterway - A portal to the sights, activities and businesses along this canal and waterway between Kingston and Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Site includes virtual tours, business directory, boating information and FAQs.

River Thames - Offering some information on the history and heritage of this river. The site includes descriptions and pictures of some attractions and facilities along the river.
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Saint-Ours Canal - A National Historic Site of Canada, this canal was opened in 1849 and allows watercraft to link Lake Champlain with the Saint Lawrence River. Today, pleasure boating has replaced commercial boating.
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Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Canal National Historic Site of Canada - This canal opened in 1843 to join lac Saint-Louis and lac des Deux-Montagnes, at the mouth of the Ottawa River. Today, pleasure boating has replaced commercial boating.
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Sault Ste. Marie Canal National Historic Site of Canada - This canal was opened in 1895 to bypass rapids between lakes Huron and Superior, thus completing an all-Canadian route from the head of Lake Superior to the Atlantic Ocean.
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Severn Boating Page - Motor boating on the River Severn, River Avon and Sharpness canal, England.
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Ships Blog - Reviews, resources, marina and charter listings, and much more for the boater interested in using the New York State Canal System.
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St. Peters Canal National Historic Site of Canada - This canal links the Atlantic Ocean with Bras d'Or Lake. Started in 1854, the canal was completed in 1869 and has the only functioning lock system in Nova Scotia.
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Standedge Tunnel Visitor Centre - Details and visitor information about the highest, longest, deepest canal tunnel in Britain.

Tafelberg - Written by a live-aboard narrow boater for narrow boaters. It includes living aboard advice and a boater's directory.

The Anderton Boat Lift - The official site of the Anderton Boat lift, the world's first and the UK's only working boat lift.
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The Burgundy Canal - Information about barges, cruising, boating and navigation on this canal in France.
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The Falkirk Wheel - Information on the rotating boat lift connecting the Union Canal with the Forth Clyde Canal in the UK. The site includes history, design, visitor and contact information.
Meta Description: [ As the world's first and only rotating boat lift, The Falkirk Wheel is quite simply unique. The Falkirk Wheel is the spectacular centrepiece of the £84.5 million 'Millennium Link', the UK's largest canal restoration project, developed by British Waterways to reconnect the Union Canal with the ... ]

The Horseboating Society - Promoting horseboating and preserving the heritage and skills of this once common form of transport. Information on horse drawn trip boats and horse drawn boat journeys.
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The Iron Dutchess - Some information on the building of a 55 foot replica Dutch barge somewhere in the UK. The site includes a Dutch barge and narrowboat forum.

The Millennium Link (1999-2002) - An information and picture resource of the restoration of the Forth Clyde and Union Canals in Scotland, including construction of the Falkirk Wheel. Includes a webcam archive of the wheel's operation.

The Montgomery Canal - Bringing together up to date items of news and interest concerning this canal in the UK.

Trent Severn Waterway OnLine Cruising Guide - A comprehensive guide to this waterway linking Lake Ontario with Georgian Bay in Ontario, Canada. The site includes maps, instructions, regulations, pictures and sailing directions.

Trent-Severn Waterway National Historic Site of Canada - This waterway meanders 386 km across Central Ontario, linking Lake Ontario with Georgian Bay.
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UK Canal Vacations - Information including touring guide, self drive rental barges, skippered barging, canal routes plus heritage, culture, and folk art.
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UK Canals - Dedicated to those who work, rest and play on the waterways. Includes anything to do with canals. Home of the UK Canals web-ring and discussion group.
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Up The Canal - boating along the Thames - Ever wondered what messing about on a river is really like for a holiday? Here's the story of eight intrepid adventurers boating along the Thames.
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Up The Cut - Birmingham and Black Country canals past and present with digital photographs,postcards,wildlife and places of interest
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Videoactive - Producers topical videos with more than thirty canal and inland waterway titles available on PAL (UK video), NTSC (USA video) and on DVD.

Worldwide Water Web - Information for boaters on the inland waterways of the world.

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