London Regents Canal (#0201)

Homes in Regent's Park along the canal. I’ve read two different (and somewhat opposing) stories about the relationship between the canal and Regent’s Park. One story seems to suggest that the canal was part of the development of Regent’s Park as a site for homes of the wealthy. It seems improbable to me that this sort of development would have included a working canal commonly used in transport, with horse-drawn or steam-driven canal boats hauling freight past these mansions that are close to canal. Thus the second explanation (see link below) makes more sense – that the canal was built across the far northern stretches of Regent’s Park specifically to route canal traffic as far away from the mansions. See: www.thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/the-regents-canal