by David Edwards-May | Dec 5, 2012 | Cultural & industrial heritage, Waterway personalities
The Google Streetview automatic scrambler of peoples’ faces has indiscriminately defaced the creator of the Canal du Midi on a banner outside the canal museum at Saint-Ferréol. This delightful quirk of automation of image processing suggests a new form of...
by David Edwards-May | Oct 23, 2012 | Cultural & industrial heritage, Policy
Good news for Canada’s Historic Canals! The length of the navigation season and the hours of operation of Parks Canada’s historic canals will see little changes in the 2013 season. The length of season will remain the same, with some operational...
by David Edwards-May | Aug 20, 2012 | Cultural & industrial heritage, Recreational waterway dimensions, Waterway funding, Waterway restoration
Claudio Repossi of Navigli Lombardi reports on a series of events to raise awareness of the historic, cultural and recreational values of the Locarno (Switzerland) to Milan waterway via the river Ticino. As part of the joint Italian-Swiss project Intrecci sull’acqua –...
by David Edwards-May | Jul 25, 2012 | Cultural & industrial heritage, Inland water transport, Waterway personalities
Radomir Ječinac reports from Belgrade, Serbia, on the ‘regatta’ (flotilla cruise) organised on the canals and waterways of Serbia in June/July 2012. Remember IWI’s annual World Canals Conference held in Serbia, in the beautiful city of Novi Sad on...
by David Edwards-May | Jul 13, 2012 | Cultural & industrial heritage, Waterway funding, Waterway restoration
The British Government placed 2000 miles of canals and rivers in trust for the nation, as the new charity, the Canal & River Trust, was launched on July 12. The trust takes over responsibility for the canals of England and Wales from British Waterways, 50 years...
by David Edwards-May | Jul 12, 2012 | Cultural & industrial heritage, Policy, Waterway funding
Dave Ballinger reports on the changes that are taking place on Canada’s historic canals. Parks Canada enjoyed a well deserved reputation in the world as an excellent operator, manager and guardian of Canada’s historic canals. However that is about to...