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==Forth and Clyde Canal Society==
The Forth and Clyde Canal Society is a [[waterway society]] on the Forth and Clyde Canal in the [[central lowlands]] of Scotland. It was formed in 1980<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-23841676.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208033800/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-23841676.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 February 2017|title=Now we're back on the straight and narrow|last=Crawford|first=Alan|date=26 May 2001|work=Glasgow Herald}}</ref> to "campaign for the Forth and Clyde's preservation, restoration and development"<ref name="visiteastdunbartonshirenow.co.uk">[http://www.visiteastdunbartonshirenow.co.uk/index.php/canal-cruising/318-forth-and-clyde-canal-society canal-cruising/318-forth-and-clyde-canal-society] ''www.visiteastdunbartonshirenow.co.uk''{{dead link|date=February 2017}}</ref><ref name="TD04">{{cite book|last=Dowds|first=Thomas|title=The Forth and Clyde Canal: A History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z8joVgKdx8MC&q=%22Forth+and+Clyde+Canal+Society%22&pg=PA84|year=2004|publisher=Tuckwell Press|isbn=9781862322325}}</ref>{{rp|84}}

According to the Forth and Clyde Canal Society's website, their current aim is ''"To promote the canal and to ensure its success"''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scottishcanals.co.uk/events/afternoon-tea-and-cruise-with-forth-and-clyde-canal-society/ |title=Afternoon Tea and Cruise with Forth and Clyde Canal Society – 18th July |website=Scottishcanals.co.uk |date=2015-07-18 |access-date=2017-02-22}}</ref>

The Society's campaigning included a petition of over 30,000 signatures for the reopening of the canal, which was then put in place under the [[Millennium Link]] project which commenced work in 1999.<ref name="TD04"/>{{rp|88}}

The society currently has three boats<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.forthandclyde.org.uk/ |title=Forth & Clyde Canal Society |website=Forthandclyde.org.uk |access-date=2017-02-22}}</ref> which are used as trip-boats, charter vessels and for members cruises along the canal.<ref name="visiteastdunbartonshirenow.co.uk"/>