INVERNESS (SCOTLAND), The Caledonian Canal: Let's take a tour of one of man's most incredible engineering accomplishments, the Caledonian Canal which connects the Scottish east coast at Inverness with the west coast at Corpach near Fort William. Vic Stefanu, vstefanu@yahoo.com. The Caledonian Canal connects the Scottish east coast at Inverness with the west coast at Corpach near Fort William in Scotland. The canal was constructed in the early nineteenth century by Scottish engineer Thomas Telford, and is a sister canal of the Göta Canal in Sweden, also constructed by Telford.