Crinan Canal

The Crinan Canal is a nine-mile-long navigable canal in , west of Scotland. It opened in 1801 and connects the village of on with on the , providing a navigable route between the and the , without the need for a long diversion around the , and in particular the exposed .
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  • Type: Canal
  • Description: nine-mile navigable canal in Knapdale, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, connecting Ardrishaig on Loch Gilp to Crinan on the Sound of Jura; built through the ancestral lands of Clan MacTavish at Dunardry
  • Also known as: “Crinan Canal Scotland” and “Knapdale Canal”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dunadd and Daill Loch.

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is a hillfort in , , dating from the Iron Age and early medieval period and is believed to be the capital of the ancient kingdom of Dál Riata. is situated 2 miles northeast of Crinan Canal.

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is an impounding located 5 kilometres west north west of and 1.5 kilometres south of the Crinan Canal. It is one of a number of lochs supplying water to the canal. The earthen dam is 8.1 metres high and was completed in 1930.

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is situated 2 miles east of Crinan Canal.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cairnbaan and Lochgilphead.

Village
is a village situated on the Crinan Canal, in , western . is about halfway between on at the canal's eastern end and Crinan on the to the west.

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is a town at the head of Loch Gilp, an inlet of Loch Fyne. It's the administrative centre of on the west coast of Scotland, and in 2021 had a population of 2240.

Village
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is a village in the council area of . Its location is approximately 56°1' N 5°34' W. means 'field by the sea'. is situated 3½ miles southwest of Crinan Canal.

Crinan Canal

Latitude
56.06188° or 56° 3′ 43″ north
Longitude
-5.49763° or 5° 29′ 52″ west
Elevation
89 feet (27 metres)
Open location code
9C8P3G62+QW
Geo­Names ID
2651973
Wiki­data ID
Q752064
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Crinan Canal” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قناة كرينان”
  • Cebuano: “Crinan Canal”
  • Chinese: “克里南運河”
  • Dutch: “Crinan Canal”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “قناة كرينان”
  • French: “canal de Crinan”
  • French: “Canal de Crinan”
  • Galician: “Canle de Crinan”
  • German: “Crinan Canal”
  • German: “Crinan Kanal”
  • German: “Kanal von Crinan”
  • Hebrew: “תעלת קרינן”
  • Indonesian: “Terusan Crinan”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Canàl Chrìonain”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Canàl Cnap Daol”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Sligh-uisge Chrìonain”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Sligh‘-uisge a Chrìonain”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Sligh’-uisge a’ Chrìonain”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Crinan”
  • Spanish: “Canal de Crinan”
  • Swedish: “Crinan Canal”
  • Ukrainian: “Кринанський канал”
  • Ukrainian: “Крінанський канал”
  • Welsh: “Camlas Crinan”
  • Welsh: “Camlas yr Alban”
  • “Canal Crinan”
  • “Crinan Canal”
  • “Crinan Waterway”
  • “Sligh-uisge a Chrionain”

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