Shipping Canals?

[CastIronFabric]

1. Is it realistically possible to create a canal between two large bodies of water if the distances is lets say 20 blocks long?

2. What happens if a body of fresh water joins to a body of seawater?

[LadyWYT]

1 hour ago, CastIronFabric said:

1. Is it realistically possible to create a canal between two large bodies of water if the distances is lets say 20 blocks long?

I don't see a reason this wouldn't work, at least at this particular stage of the game's development. It will require quite a lot of work though.

1 hour ago, CastIronFabric said:

2. What happens if a body of fresh water joins to a body of seawater?

Not sure. I would presume that the water blocks will simply spread to whichever blocks they can under normal means, without mixing, until you place water source blocks with a bucket.

[Thorfinn]

Sure, why not if you are playing with source blocks turned on. If playing Standard, default settings, no problem. You just have to use a bucket to fill the tiles you dug out.

1 hour ago, CastIronFabric said:

What happens if a body of fresh water joins to a body of seawater?

Just like what happens in real life. Global thermonuclear war.

Edited February 12, 2025 by Thorfinn

[V1ncent]

By my recent experience with the boat, it is too susceptible to the water flow that the boat can hardly move against the flow direction. If I am not missing anything,  the difficult part of the canal would be to place water source block wisely to maintain no water flow against your boat's movement.