The Caledonian Canal will re-open to smaller vessels today after lengthy repairs were carried out to a massive breach of the waterway.
The banks of the canal were badly damaged at Cullochy Weir, near Fort Augustus, during exceptionally heavy rain and snow-melt in March.
Scottish Canals closed the canal to vessels while engineers worked to fix the breach.
A temporary dam was installed at Aberchalder Bridge to allow sheet piling to be installed to close the gap.
Now the work has been completed, it will open from 9am today to vessels with a maximum width of 18ft and draft of nearly 6ft.
The restricted passage will be available from 9am-5.30pm today, and 8.30am-5.30pm from Sunday-Tuesday.
There will be some disruption at Fort Augustus on Monday and Tuesday to allow a large floating work platform, tug and excavator to be launched and assembled.
On Wednesday, there will be no navigation at Aberchalder whilst the channel is cleared to its full depth.
The canal will fully reopen on Thursday.
A spokesperson for Scottish Canals said: “Following the recent breach at Cullochy Weir, we are happy to confirm that the Caledonian Canal will be fully open to all sea-to sea-traffic from 8.30am on Thursday April 30. In addition, we are delighted to announce that the canal will be open to smaller vessels from 9am tomorrow.”