The Great Glen runs from Inverness to Fort William. Following its line is the majestic Caledonian Canal, one of the great, Scottish and World, waterways.
The Caledonian
Canal follows the line of the Great Glen. This majestic canal is
considered by many as one of the great waterways of the world. Four natural
lochs – Loch Lochy, Loch Oich, the famous Loch Ness and Loch Dochfour – all lie
in near perfect alignment between making up 38 of the 60-mile coast to coast
channel. The remaining 22 miles being man-made canal linking these four lochs
together.
Widely considered a masterpiece
of canal engineering, the Caledonian is on a scale incomparable with almost
anything else in Britain.
It has survived in part due to its continuing importance in the Highland economy, and partly because it is quite simply
spectacular, not to mention the amazing wildlife – including the Loch Ness
Monster!