Talk:Caledonian Canal

William Jessop
Shouldn't William Jessop get a mention? --jmb 16:01, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Coordinate error
The following coordinate fixes are need for The Caledonian Canal. On Google Earth you can find the wiki link for the canal about 70 miles south of the nearest part of the canal. The canal runs from Inverness on the east coast to Fort William on the west coast. The link to googlemaps takes you to the wrong place too. Sorry I cant fix it myself. X Luke

—82.41.40.56 (talk) 18:25, 8 December 2010 (UTC)


 * —  T RANSPORTER M AN  ( TALK ) 20:49, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Corpach Lock Image
I've placed the following image on the Commons which may be of interest. There are a lot of images related to the Canal - this may be of interest because it shows the canal gates with boats as the lock fills together with the lock buildings, national flags and pepper pot light house at the end of the quay. WyrdLight (talk) 12:20, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

Financial info
Other than saying "Commercially, the venture was not a success," there is no information about its profitability. Have there been any time periods when the canal returned a profit? 71.219.201.182 (talk) 14:33, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

Always a schematic, but never a map.
Where is this thing?Landroo (talk) 15:06, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
 * If you want to see where it is, click on the "map all coordinates using Google" or "map all coordinates using OSM". Bob1960evens (talk) 08:01, 29 May 2017 (UTC)

New Torvean Swing Bridge
A new swing bridge has been built approximately 200m south of the existing Tomnahurich Swing Bridge. It might be an idea to update the schematic diagram to show the new bridge. 90.244.230.204 (talk) 19:33, 3 August 2021 (UTC)

John Knox error
In the history section I find this: "Although no action was taken at the time, in 1785 John Knox expounded the benefits of it relieving distress in the Highlands". The famous John Knox died over a hundred years earlier. There is a clear problem with the statement and no source. Wigigigi (talk) 09:34, 27 March 2023 (UTC)


 * I removed reference to John Knox. Wigigigi (talk) 16:21, 10 April 2023 (UTC)