Scottish Canals

Scottish Canals is the public corporation of the Scottish Government responsible for managing the country’s inland waterways. Formerly a division of British Waterways, it became a stand-alone public body of the Scottish Government on 2 July 2012. Legally, the corporation is still referred to as the British Waterways Board, but in all other aspects it uses the brand Scottish Canals.

Based in Glasgow, Scottish Canals cares for 137 miles (220 km) of waterway network in total, including 17 reservoirs and the navigation rights to four lochs, including Loch Ness. The body is responsible for the following canals:

Caledonian – 97 km
Crinan – 14 km
Forth and Clyde – 56 km
Monkland (no longer operational, although two watered sections remain) – 3.2 km
Union Canal – 50 km