[Talk-GB] Tagging Mill Races / Leats / Lades

[Colin Smale]

On 2019-11-14 13:22, Martin Wynne wrote:

> "Canal" should surely be restricted to transport functions? Boating apps presumably treat "canal" as a route unless navigation restrictions are added.

Canal indicates a form of construction - man-made. Unlike natural
watercourses they were constructed because someone had a purpose in
mind, which might have been anything... Transport (using boats/barges),
moving water about, decoration, powering watermills, providing a relief
route to a river, improving the navigability of a river...
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