The Regent’s Canal is one of the main things that brought life to the area of Camden, and it still exists to this day. First proposed in 1802, construction did not actually start until 1812 and was not completed until August 1st, 1820; despite this, parts of the unfinished canal were in use as early as 1816. The canal provides a link from the Paddington Arm of the Grand Union Canal to the Limehouse Basin and the River Thames, spanning a length of 8.6 miles in total.