Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A waterway, about 100 km (60 mi) long, cutting diagonally across northern Scotland from Loch Linnhe on the southwest to Moray Firth on the northeast. Opened in 1822, it is used today mainly by pleasure craft.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a canal in northern Scotland that links North Sea with the Atlantic Ocean; runs diagonally between Moray Firth at the northeastern end and Loch Linnhe at the southwestern end; now little used
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Examples
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They went up the narrow channel called the Caledonian Canal, examined the bluffs, shores, and islands of Shallow Inlet, and at night encamped on St. Margaret's Island.
The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned George Dunderdale 1862
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In this opener, she takes in eight miles of the Caledonian Canal, ingeniously devised by 19th-century engineer Thomas Telford to link the mountainous terrain between Inverness and Fort William and stem the decline of the Highlands following the clearances.
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The first night was spent at Fort Augustus which is on the Caledonian Canal as it runs into Loch Ness.
Mythical beasties Jes 2009
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The first night was spent at Fort Augustus which is on the Caledonian Canal as it runs into Loch Ness.
Archive 2009-08-01 Jes 2009
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By this time (1808) Telford was a legend for his suspension bridges, harbors and docks, restored churches, public buildings, the amazing Welsh Pontycyllte aqueduct (1,007 feet long and 126 feet up), and the Caledonian Canal through the Scottish Highlands.
American Connections James Burke 2007
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By this time (1808) Telford was a legend for his suspension bridges, harbors and docks, restored churches, public buildings, the amazing Welsh Pontycyllte aqueduct (1,007 feet long and 126 feet up), and the Caledonian Canal through the Scottish Highlands.
American Connections James Burke 2007
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These fields extended forty miles north and south, and stretched even under the Caledonian Canal.
The Underground City 2003
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They swam down the river into Loch Oich, which was tiny in comparison to Loch Ness, and out again into the next river, broadened for boat traffic into the Caledonian Canal.
The Boggart and The Monster Susan Cooper 2001
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Warrington to Glasgow by train -- Arrived too late to catch the boat on the Caledonian Canal for Iverness -- Trained to Aberdeen.
From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor
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It presented quite a picture as it passed us, in the sunshine, with its flags flying and its passengers crowded on the deck, enjoying the fine scenery, and looking for Inverness, where their trip on the boat, like the Caledonian Canal itself, would doubtless end.
From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor
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