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Definition of Caledonian canal
1. 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.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caledonian Canal
Literary usage of Caledonian canal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Great Britain: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1906)
"From Oban to Inverness by the caledonian canal. ... at the mouth of the Caledonian
Canal, ... The caledonian canal, 62 M. long, ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1820)
"caledonian canal. SOME of our readers ore not a little surprised at the clamour
lately revived in the House of Commons about the caledonian canal, ..."
3. Censura Literaria: Containing Titles, Abstracts, and Opinions of Old English by Egerton Brydges (1815)
"... s Map,- the Highland Roads; and the caledonian canal. A sense of public duty
demands the insertion of the following important communication. ..."
4. Black's Picturesque Tourist of Scotland by Adam and Charles Black (Firm), Charles Black (1878)
"The caledonian canal was commenced in 1803, and completed in 1847. The engineer
was the late Mr. Telford. The whole distance from the Atlantic to the German ..."
5. Famous Persons and Places by Nathaniel Parker Willis (1855)
"caledonian canal DOGS ENGLISH ... which goes across Scotland from sea, to sea,
by the half-natural, half- artificial passage of the caledonian canal. ..."
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