Although purpose-built less than 20 years ago as a hotel barge, the Spirit of Scotland is reminiscent of steamers and small ships that sailed the waterway when the Caledonian Canal was opened in 1822.

The report of Superintendent of Public Works STEVENS is almost sensational in its disclosures and recommendations concerning the Barge Canal ... barely 20 per cent. of the whole undertaking ...

An ill-fated idea hatched centuries ago met its decisive end in the 1970s when President Richard Nixon stopped construction on the Cross Florida Barge Canal amid environmentalist appeals.

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The public is invited to experience history on two wheels by biking along the Empire State Trail, leaving at 6 p.m. Wednesday ...

Fifty years ago, the city decided that, no, the Trinity River should not be turned into a barge canal all the way ... “For 18 or 20 years he has lived on its banks the life of a hermit, his ...

Stephen Cuddy, 59, purchased a 35ft (10m) long vintage barge off eBay for £5,000 and constructed an accurate reproduction of a Victorian canal lock (Picture: SWNS) A man has spent £30,000 ...

and one on which hikers routinely cover a footsore 20 to 30 kilometres a day along its lochside trails and canal towpaths. But not us. Barges and cruise boats on the Caledonian Canal. On this ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. To me, holidays on canal barges do not immediately conjure up a mental picture of conspicuous luxury.