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A journey around the coast of the United Kingdom uncovering different stories.

The Coast team take a fascinating journey around the shores of the United Kingdom, uncovering stories that have made us the island nation we are today.

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Coast: Series 5 (Shortened Versions): Crinan and Caledonian Canals

22/02/2013

Crinan and Caledonian Canals

Series 5 (Shortened Versions)

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How the Crinan Canal cut journey times for boats travelling up the west coast of Scotland.

How the Crinan Canal cut journey times for boats travelling up the west coast of Scotland, and how Loch Ness became a key part of the Caledonian Canal.

Coast visits two iconic Scottish waterways: the Crinan and Caledonian Canals. 

Neil Oliver finds out how the Crinan Canal cut journey times for boats travelling up the west coast of Scotland, while Nick Crane reveals how the majestic Loch Ness became a key part of Britain's biggest building project in the early 1800s, the Caledonian Canal.

For nearly 20 years, Highlanders desperate for work became navvies digging huge canals to link up the lochs of the Great Glen Fault. Eventually they created a 60-mile-long waterway through the heart of Scotland, connecting the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean, but it was too little, too late.

Coast: Series 5 (Shortened Versions)

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A journey around the British Isles and beyond. This series contains revised repeats.

A journey around the British Isles and beyond uncovering different stories. Episodes in this series have previously been broadcast in a different form

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