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Canals have found another use in the 21st century, as [[wayleave]]s for [[fibre optic]] [[telecommunications]] networks.
 
== Canals on Mars ==
See: [[List of waterways]], [[Waterways in the United Kingdom]], [[Waterway restoration]]
For a time in the early 20th century, it was believed that there were canals on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]]. This belief was due to a combination of errors: an optical illusion caused the astronomer [[Giovanni Schiaparelli]] to think he saw channels on the planet's surface, and the Italian word for channels, "canali", was misunderstood by English-speakers.
 
== See ==
'''Examples of famous canals'''
* [[GrandList Unionof Canalwaterways]], -- [[England]]
See: [[List of waterways]],* [[Waterways in the United Kingdom]], [[Waterway restoration]]
* [[Manchester Ship Canal]] - England
* [[Waterway restoration]]
* [[Caledonian Canal]] - [[Scotland]]
* [[Gota Kanal|Göta Kanal]] -- [[Sweden]]
* [[Erie Canal]] -- [[New York State]] -- [[USA]]
* [[Panama Canal]] -- [[Panama]]
* [[Suez Canal]] -- [[Egypt]]
* [[Grand Canal of China]] -- [[China]]
* [[Chesapeake and Ohio Canal]] -- [[USA]]
* [[Chesapeake and Delaware Canal]] -- [[USA]]
* [[Illinois and Michigan Canal]] -- [[USA]]
* The canals composing the [[Saint Lawrence Seaway]], [[Canada]] and [[USA]]
* [[Canal du Midi]] -- [[France]]
* [[Corinthian Canal]] connected the [[Gulf of Corinth]] with the [[Aegean Sea]], near [[Greece]]
 
For a time in the early 20th century, it was believed that there were canals on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]]. This belief was due to a combination of errors: an optical illusion caused the astronomer [[Giovanni Schiaparelli]] to think he saw channels on the planet's surface, and the Italian word for channels, "canali", was misunderstood by English-speakers.