canal boat

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Visitors staying in a vehicle or on board a vessel, such a canal boat which mainly stays in one place, will also have to pay the charge.

From BBC • Oct. 1, 2025

Life on a rustic canal boat is not all romance.

From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2021

Wakeman’s family was in debt, and she was working on a canal boat when the war broke out.

From The Guardian • Aug. 22, 2017

St. Helena II was built based on the replica of the canal boat model Simpson and Regula presented to the members of the Louisville Sportsman Club.

From Washington Times • Apr. 22, 2017

Newcomers keep arriving—by ship, canal boat, and stagecoach.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman