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Keep up to date with the latest press releases and news items.

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Digitised copy of postcard showing a steamer docked at Kirn pier with adjoining coastline and promenade.
09 November 2018

Chance find sheds light on wartime Argyll

Angharad Stockwell, Scottish Canals’ Records Manager and Data Protection Officer,  shares her blog as this year’s Remembrance Day marks 100 years since the end of…

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Canal Works & Updates
08 November 2018

Winter operations at Fort Augustus

Due to reduced staffing levels, and operational safety restrictions at Fort Augustus, boaters should plan for extra time to transit through the Middle District…

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The Falkirk Wheel
31 October 2018

Winter Works at The Falkirk Wheel

Boat trips will be unavailable from Monday 5th November whilst essential maintenance work is carried out at The Falkirk Wheel, and will resume on Sunday…

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Regeneration
31 October 2018

Glasgow’s Smart Canal is a first for Europe

A pioneering new digital surface water drainage system will unlock 110 hectares across the north of the Glasgow for investment, regeneration and development with the construction of Europe’s first ever ‘smart canal’ scheme.

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23 October 2018

Monuments, myths and marvels – the Caledonian Canal

“The doubters, the grumblers, the prophets and the sneerers, were all put to silence” – Inverness Courier, October 1822 First opened on October 23rd…

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Boating
18 October 2018

Embankment works – Linlithgow, Union Canal

Following the embankment surveys that were carried out in 2017, we will be progressing two phases of vital embankment works on the Union Canal…

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Regeneration
15 October 2018

Glasgow’s Canal set to welcome 600 new homes

The widespread regeneration of North Glasgow is set to continue with a 600-strong housing development now underway on the former Diageo distillery site in…

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Boating
12 October 2018

Bridge restrictions & operational changes

Following the temporary suspension of boat transits through Twechar and Bonnybridge lift bridges on the Forth & Clyde Canal, we’re have undertaken further technical investigations. Updates…

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News
27 September 2018

Scottish Canals joins the Refill Revolution

The first ever National Refill Day comes as it’s revealed that an overwhelming majority of the British public are concerned about plastic pollution. The…

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