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• Canal Junction Comprehensive guide and leisure directory for British canals, cruising guides and background about culture, tradition, heritage, engineering, and folk art plus links to leisure companies.
  
• Lancaster Canal History and Information Including information on the towns, villages, boatyards, boating, pubs and facilities nearby.
  
• Jim Shead's Waterways Information Information on UK navigable rivers and canals, including tables of locks and distances, map, history, tunnels, aqueducts, bibliography, articles, photographs, and glossary.
  
• British Waterways Interactive maps, search facilities for boat companies, waterside events, educational resources, maintenance programs, museums, books about the waterways, and voluntary societies.
  
• Rideau Canal Waterway A beautiful 125 mile long waterway, connecting Kingston to Ottawa in Ontario, Canada.
  
• The Montgomery Canal Bringing together up to date items of news and interest concerning the Montgomery Canal in the UK.
  
• Dudley Canal Trust A brief history of Dudley Tunnel and famous limestone mines. Information for boaters requiring passage through the 2888m long tunnel,and information on boattrips into the limestone mines under Dudley
  
• Waterweb Fluvial, waterways guide of France The website to navigate and discover all treasures of the Canals of France, designed for future sailors so that they can plan and organize their trip ahead of time.
  
• The Driffield Navigation A website dedicated to the Driffield Navigation its History and future. Take a Virtual Cruise up the River Hull, view the Picture gallery past and peresent and lost more.
  
• Houseboats And Liveaboard Cruising UK Everything you ever need to know about houseboats and liveaboard cruising. Features, articles and discussion forum.
  
• UK Canal Vacations Information including touring guide, self drive rental barges, skippered barging, canal routes plus heritage, culture, and folk art.
  
• Steering South on Erie Canal A couple depart Toronto and take you with them for a voyage along the Erie Canal to the Hudson River and Bew York City. Photographs and detailed navigation illustrations along with the narrative.
  
• Erie Canal: The Building of the Great Western Canal The Erie Canal became the superhighway of transportation in the 1800s and opened up the Upper Midwest of the United States to farming and migration.
  
• Foxton Canal Museum and Inclined Plane Trust The Museum illustrates the history of the inclined plane and the trusts plans to restore it as a working tourist attraction.
  
• Canalia Britain's historic canals and waterways including holidays afloat, canal related books and magazines, events, stoppages and general information
  
• Lancaster Canal A short history and details of work being carried out to restore this UK canal.
  
• The Burgundy Canal Information about barges, cruising, boating and navigation on the Burgundy Canal in France.
  
• A Week on the Canals Family holiday on the Stourport Ring, England (including Birmingham, Worcester, Tardebigge, Stourport, Merry Hill)
  
• Mike Stevens' UK INland Waterways Pages Illustrated guide to London Canals. Maps of UK waterways history. Reports of narrowboat and sailing barge voyages. Waterways humour. Cats afloat.
  
• Canal du Nivernais What we experienced in a week long trip up the Canal du Nivernais. What to look for in planning and what to expect when taking a similar trip.
  
• Worldwide Water Web Information for boaters on the inland waterways of the world.
  
• Severn Boating Page Motor boating on the River Severn, River Avon and Sharpness canal, England.
  
• Pennine Waterways Dedicated to the canals of the South Pennines, UK: Huddersfield, Ashton, Rochdale and Peak Forest Canals. Features restoration of Huddersfield Canal and virtual cruises.
  
• Champlain Canal History, boating information, maps, photos and business services available to travelers and shoppers on this UK canal.
  
• Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal The canal links Bolton and Bury to Salford in the UK and was built as a cheap form of transport for the goods being produced there.
  
• UK Waterways Network Over a dozen waterways related mailing lists, a web ring.
  
• U.K.Canals Dedicated to those who work, rest and play on the waterways of the UK. Includes anything to do with canals. Home of the UK Canals web-ring and discussion group.
  
• Canal Boating in the U.K. and Europe An introduction for those unfamiliar with the pleasures of canal and waterway cruising, as well as a resource for experienced boaters.
  
• Cruising the Canals and Rivers of Europe A monthly newsletter with articles and information on traveling the waterways of 14 countries of Europe.
  
• Louisiana Bayous Louisiana Bayous is a web site that offers videos of scenes and points of interest along various Louisiana waterways including Bayou Courtableau and Bayou Teche.
  
• Grantham Canal Describing the restoration of this canal which runs from the River Trent to Grantham in the UK.
  
• Tim's Canals Links to sites of interest to canal and waterway enthusiasts.
  
• Cruising America's Waterways Guide to destinations for independent boaters with descriptions of 20 multi-day cruises on America's rivers, canals, and waterways.
  
• New York State Canal System Information on the Erie, Champlain, Oswego and Cayuga-Seneca canal system, towns along the canals, things to do, things to see, boat operators, and other information.