Caledonian Canal
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The Caledonian Canal, which joins the lakes along the Great Glen fault in Scotland. Earth movements hundreds of millions of years ago displaced rocks either side of the fault. Weaknesses were created in the neighbouring rock, and these weaknesses have since been exploited by river and glacier activity. Loch Ness occupies part of this fault, and a river and the canal occupy it between the loch and Inverness.
Waterway in northwest Scotland, 98 km/61 mi long, linking the Atlantic and the North Sea. Situated between the Moray Firth and Loch Linnhe, the canal was constructed as a transport route to save the long sail around Scotland. It is one of Scotland's largest marina facilities. Of its total length, only a 37 km/22 mi stretch is artificial, the rest being composed of lochs Lochy, Oich, and Ness.
Thomas Telford began construction of the canal in 1803 and it was completed by 1822.
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