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The Scottish Inland Waterways Association (SIWA) was a registered charity and 
The Association was founded in 1970 by canal enthusiasts who, after the closure of the 
SIWA has many corporate and individual members who are helping to campaign on restoration, environmental, and day-to-day canal issues. This applies to both leisure and commercial users.
The Association works with 
Scottish Waterways TrustCanal & River TrustInland Waterways Association Ireland
Water transport in Scotland 1970 establishments in Scotland Charities based in Scotland Organizations established in 1970
association
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of canal
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societies and individual canal enthusiasts in Scotland
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.
The Association was founded in 1970 by canal enthusiasts who, after the closure of the Union Canal
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* Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets
Union may also refer to:
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and the Forth & Clyde Canal
The Forth and Clyde Canal is a canal opened in 1790, crossing central Scotland; it provided a route for the seagoing vessels of the day between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde at the narrowest part of the Scottish Lowlands. This allowe ...
, wanted to restore and preserve them as part of Scotland's historical, architectural and recreational assets.
SIWA explored the possibility of becoming a branch of the Inland Waterways Association
The Inland Waterways Association (IWA) is a registered charity in the United Kingdom and was formed in 1946 to campaign for the conservation, use, maintenance, restoration and sensitive development of British Canals and river navigations.
No ...
(IWA), but decided against it. At SIWA's Inaugural Meeting, the General Secretary of IWA welcomed the setting up of a separate Scottish organisation.
By 1975, SIWA made it into print in the Shell Book of Inland Waterways: "SIWA ... holds a long-term and ambitious aim of seeing the waterways re-opened for sizeable craft throughout".
SIWA has many corporate and individual members who are helping to campaign on restoration, environmental, and day-to-day canal issues. This applies to both leisure and commercial users.
The Association works with British Waterways
British Waterways, often shortened to BW, was a statutory corporation wholly owned by the government of the United Kingdom. It served as the navigation authority for the majority of canals and a number of rivers and docks in England, Scotlan ...
Scotland on both the Freshwater Group and the Saltwater Group, as well as the level of fees, the supply of services; and maintenance of navigation
Navigation is a field of study that focuses on the process of monitoring and controlling the movement of a craft or vehicle from one place to another.Bowditch, 2003:799. The field of navigation includes four general categories: land navigation, ...
.
It also engages with British Waterways on restoring the navigability of the River Leven.
SIWA has strong links with the Inland Waterways Association Ireland
Inland may refer to:
Places Sweden
* Inland Fräkne Hundred, a hundred of Bohuslän in Sweden
* Inland Northern Hundred, a hundred of Bohuslän in Sweden
* Inland Southern Hundred, a hundred of Bohuslän in Sweden
* Inland Torpe Hundred, a hundred ...
(IWAI). An alternating exchange visit takes place every year. In 2008, the Scots visited the Irish, with visits to Lough Erne and Enniskillen
Enniskillen ( , from ga, Inis Ceithleann , ' Ceithlenn's island') is the largest town in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is in the middle of the county, between the Upper and Lower sections of Lough Erne. It had a population of 13,823 a ...
. In 2009, the Irish have visited the Crinan Canal.
SIWA affiliated organisations
*Bridge 19-40 Canal Society
The Bridge 19-40 Canal Society is a Scottish waterway society and registered charity operating community boats on the Union Canal, with bases at Winchburgh and Drumshoreland, West Lothian.
History
The former B.U.C.H.A.N. Society, a canal so ...
*Edinburgh Canal Society
The Edinburgh Union Canal Society is a charitable canal society on the Union Canal in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Society's main base is Ashley Terrace Boathouse at Lockhart Bridge, near Harrison Park in the Polwarth area of Edinburgh.
The society ...
*Falkirk and District Canals Society
* Forth and Clyde Canal Society
* Forth Yacht Clubs Association
*Great Glen Canal Users Association
*Linlithgow Union Canal Society
The Linlithgow Union Canal Society is a waterway society and a Scottish registered charity based at Linlithgow Canal Centre on the Union Canal at Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland. Also known as "LUCS", it was founded in 1975 by Melville Gray ...
*Royal Yachting Association
The Royal Yachting Association (RYA) is a United Kingdom national governing body for sailing, dinghy sailing, yacht and motor cruising, sail racing, RIBs and sportsboats, windsurfing and personal watercraft and a leading representative for i ...
(Scotland)
*Seagull Trust
Seagull Trust Cruises (formerly Seagull Trust) is a waterway society and Scottish charity.
The Trust was formed in 1978 and offers free canal cruising for disabled and disadvantaged persons and groups. The Seagull Trust was awarded the Queen's ...
*Sycharwell Project
*Members of the Caledonian Canal Operators Association:
**Caley Cruisers
**European Waterways
**Jacobite Cruises
**Highland Voyages
**Caledonian Discovery
**West Highland Sailing
**Magna Carta Steamship Company
**Capercaillie Cruisers / Black Prince
See also
*Canals of the United Kingdom
The canals of the United Kingdom are a major part of the network of inland waterways in the United Kingdom. They have a varied history, from use for irrigation and transport, through becoming the focus of the Industrial Revolution, to today's ro ...
*History of the British canal system
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References
*Shell Book of Inland Waterways, David & Charles, 1975, {{ISBN, 0-7153-6884-2External links
Scottish Waterways Trust
Water transport in Scotland 1970 establishments in Scotland Charities based in Scotland Organizations established in 1970