The Lancaster Canal Trust

TO PROMOTE THE RESTORATION TO NAVIGATION OF THE UNNAVIGABLE SECTIONS OF THE LANCASTER CANAL, WHILST RETAINING ITS ESSENTIAL CHARACTER AND HERITAGE, IMPROVING IT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AS A PUBLIC AMENITY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A) STIMULATING AND RETAINING PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE NAVIGABLE AND UNNAVIGABLE SECTIONS OF THE LANCASTER CANAL AS ESSENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND HERITAGE FEATURES OF LANCASHIRE AND CUMBRIA AND TO IMPROVE A NATURAL WILDLIFE CORRIDOR BY PROVIDING A VALUABLE AMENITY FOR WALKERS, CYCLISTS, BOATERS, NATURALISTS AND VISITORS;B) ARRANGING PHYSICAL WORKS OF REPAIR AND RESTORATION, MEETINGS, LECTURES, CRUISES AND OTHER SIMILAR EVENTS EITHER ALONE OR IN COLLABORATION WITH OTHER BODIES PURSUING SIMILAR AIMS; ANDC) RESTORING AND ASSISTING SUCH OTHER ORGANISATIONS OR BODIES AS SHALL BE THOUGHT FIT TO RESTORE THE LANCASTER CANAL TO FULL NAVIGATION BETWEEN KENDAL AND TEWITFIELD AND TO TAKE OWNERSHIP AND OPERATE ANY PORTION OF THE RESTORED OR PARTIALLY RESTORED OR DERELICT CANAL WITHIN ITS OWNERSHIP, OR CONTROL AS NAVIGATION