Inner Tay Estuary viridis" - a species normally found only in north-eastern North America. Scottish Natural Heritage has commissioned and published habitat survey reports for the Inner Tay Estuary. Public roads run within a few hundred metres of the both north and south shores providing easy access to view the estuary and its wildlife, though car parking is limited in many places: (south shore) Wormit, Balmerino, Newburgh, Elcho Castle; (north bank) Riverside Drive in Dundee by the railway bridge, Invergowrie, Kingoodie, Port Allen, Powgavie, Cairnie Pier; (in Perth) from both banks, the bridges, Moncreiffe Island; (in Bridge of Earn) the bridge. The minor
Tay Canal one following the route of the First Tay Canal to Port Elmsley and a second involving a canal cut from Beveridge Bay of Lower Rideau Lake to the Tay River. To the disappointment of the residents of Port Elmsley, the second route was chosen. In 1883, a Federal government order-in-council authorized a contract with A.H. Manning & Macdonald Company for the construction of the Tay Canal. The proposal included deepening the entire system to the required depth; cutting a wide, long canal to Beveridge Bay; building two locks near the south end of the canal cut, each with a lift