Yacht Crinan Canal Scotland

Yacht Crinan Canal Scotland. The Crinan Canal’s starting point is at Ardrishaig, two miles south of Lochgilphead. After a basin and several locks the canal follows the shore of Loch Gilp and the A83.

Fifteen locks and nine miles from Ardrishaig the Crinan Canal has reached a hight of sixty-five feet above sea level. Three hundred thousand litres of water is needed every time a boat goes through the canal.

At Cairnbaan there are more locks and the attractive Cairnbaan Hotel and its restaurant. More locks at Dunardry mark the end of a summit reach that is less than a mile long. At Bellanoch the canal reaches the sea again, but does not yet join it. Instead it runs parallel to the shore of Loch Crinan.

Every year at least two thousand vessels, mostly pleasure craft, use the canal. This is a vast increase from the early days of the canal when it was a vital link in Scotland’s transport system. Before the coming of the railways the fastest way to travel between Glasgow and Inverness was by boat using the Crinan Canal and the Caledonian Canal, usually calling at Oban along the way.

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