Travelling Around Scotland

By Water

Since early times man has used the various stretches of water, both rivers and lochs, to make travelling quicker and easier as well as at times safer. Travelling across water was also the only way that the many islands could be reached. Some of the islands can now be reached by air and a couple, most notably Skye, by road; however, most of the larger islands are still reached by ferry, with a mixture of vehicle and passenger ferries providing access to smaller islands.

During the late 18th to mid 19th centuries, canals were built adding to the already extensive waterways, through rivers and lochs, that existed. Some of these later became obsolete, replaced by the railways that became common throughout the 19th century. In fact some of the old canals were converted to carry rail tracks instead of water.

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