Caledonian Canal - sea loch

Caledonian Canal - sea loch is a canal in Scotland, United Kingdom. Caledonian Canal - sea loch is situated nearby to the village Corpach, as well as near the locality Tomonie.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Corpach railway station and Banavie railway station.

Corpach railway station

Railway station

Photo: PEPSI697, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Corpach railway station is a railway station serving the village of Corpach in the Highland region of Scotland. This station is on the West Highland Line, between Banavie and Loch Eil Outward Bound, and is sited 1 mile 30 chains from Banavie Junction, near Fort William.

Banavie railway station

Railway station

Photo: Peter Moore, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Banavie railway station is a railway station on the West Highland Line serving the village of Banavie, although it is much closer to Caol, Scotland. It is sited between Corpach and Fort William, 22 chains from Banavie Junction, just north of Fort William.

Neptune’s Staircase

Photo: Klaus with K, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Neptune's Staircase is a staircase lock comprising eight locks on the Caledonian Canal. Built by Thomas Telford between 1803 and 1822, it is the longest staircase lock in Britain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Corpach and Caol.

Corpach

Village

Corpach is a large village north of Fort William, in the Scottish Highlands. The canal lock at Corpach Basin on Loch Linnhe, east of the narrows leading to Loch Eil, is the western sea entrance of the Caledonian Canal.

Caol

Village

Photo: Steven Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Caol is a village near Fort William, in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is about 1+1⁄4 miles north of Fort William town centre, on the shore of Loch Linnhe, and is within the parish of Kilmallie.

Banavie

Village

Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Banavie is a small settlement near Fort William in the Highland Council Area of Scotland. One of the closest villages to Ben Nevis, it is about 4 kilometres northeast of Fort William town centre, next to Caol and Corpach.

Caledonian Canal - sea loch

Type: Canal
Category: body of water
Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.84202° or 56° 50′ 31″ north

Longitude

-5.12195° or 5° 7′ 19″ west

Elevation

20 feet (6 metres)

Open location code

9C8PRVRH+R6

GeoNames ID

6269282

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Localities in the Area

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