The Bude Canal was originally planed as a highly ambitious project to build about 95 miles of canal for taking mineral rich sand from Bude, England to the Cornish hinterland to improve the quality of the land. Categories: Water-transport stubs | Canals | Water transport ... Location within the British Isles. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... Cornwall (Cornish: Kernow or occasionally Curnow) is a county of England, the part of Great Britains south-west peninsula that is west of the River Tamar, often known as the Cornish peninsula or plateau. ...

An act of parliament was gained in support of this proposal in 1774. A number of factors meant that this project came to nothing until 1819 when a second act was obtained to allow for the building of a shorter canal a little over 40 miles in length mainly based on tub boats. When the canal was completed in 1825 it consisted of 2 miles of barge canal connecting the sea to the base of a string of inclined planes which transported the flat bottomed tub boats that were used on the rest of the canal between the various levels of the network. In Westminster System parliaments, an Act of Parliament is a part of the law passed by the Parliament. ... 1774 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1819 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1825 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

In 1891 competition from the railways forced the canal owners to obtain an act of closure on the tub boat section of the canal and in 1901 the remainder of the canal was brought by Stratton and Bude Urban District Council and became the responsibility of North Cornwall District Council (www.ncdc.gov.uk) when English local government was reorganised in 1974. Today the sea lock is still in working order and the canal is in water as far as the base of the first inclined plane. The sea lock though is the only lock on this section still in working order and as such navigation is not possible along the whole network. In 2005, however, major plans were approved to re-develop the Canal including renewal of the locks between the sea lock and the first inclined plane. 1891 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1901 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Canal locks in England. ...