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Scottish waterways. Scottish canals response to flooding at broxburn. Scottish waterways now and the future. Join us for a webinar presented by jonathan mosse iwa navigation committee.
Our teams attended the site on the evening of the 27th august and joined a multi agency response and were able to confirm that the canal network was being managed and remained safe throughout the incident. Scottish canals is the public corporation of the scottish government responsible for managing the country s inland waterways. See other forthcoming waterway webinars.
The scottish lowland canalsare quite different to what you will normally find in england. Two routes cross scotland. Formerly a division of british waterways it became a stand alone public body of the scottish government on 2 july 2012.
The forth and clyde being a sea to sea canal is much wider than the average english canal. Thank you for visiting the scottish waterways trust the charity which creates brighter futures for people communities and wildlife across scotland s canals. In the north the caledonian canal connects the atlantic with the north sea.
Scottish waterways trust transfer of projects to keep scotland beautiful. In the south the 21st century falkirk wheel boat lift and the millenium link. The key contact details for our teams across scotland can be found below.
Four lochs including the famous loch ness which lie in the great glen are joined by canals to make one of the great waterways of the world. The association was founded in 1970 by canal enthusiasts who after the closure of the union canal and the forth clyde canal wanted to restore and preserve them as part of scotland s historical architectural and recreational assets. Between our base at falkirk and glasgow there are four locks and three road bridges all of which are currently operated by british waterways staff.
Legally the corporation is still referred to as the british waterways board but in all other aspects it uses the brand scottish canals and intends. Siwa explored the possibility of becoming a branch of the inland waterways association iwa but decided against it.
