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A waterway for freight vessels


Liaison Dunkerque - Escaut, Grand Gabarit | Waterways in France: Characteristics & Overview

Rating of waterway

Degree of difficulty:
Very demanding

Requirements:
no rating

Character of waterway:
no rating

Profile of waterway:
Main waterway

Facilities groundside:
Sufficiant



Liaison Dunkerque - Escaut, Grand Gabarit | Waterways in France: Tips & Detailed information

Wharfs, Marinas, Harbors, Facilities, Houseboat hirers, Restaurants and Shops.

Facts to this waterway:

189 km
144.60 x 12 m
14
2.5 m
4.50 m


Canal de Roubaix | French Canal, Canal du Nord | French Canal, River Deûle & Bauvin | France, River Lys (Leie) | France


This waterway is of no interest for tourism. It is heavily frequented by huge commercial vessels and is the most northern stretch of the link Paris – Dunkirk and the Channel.

The following stretches make part of this connection:

-    Canal de la Haute Colme, Dunkirk to Watten
-    Canalized Aa from Watten to Saint Omer
-    Canal de Neuffossée Saint Omer to Aire-sur-Lys
-    Canal d’Aire from Aire-sur-Lys to the mouth of River Deûle at km 55
-    Canal de la Deûle to Douai
-    Douai to Paillencourt on Canal de la Sencée
-    This one than flows into L’Escaut, coming from the south and the Canal Saint Quentin, crossing then the southeast of Belgium and continuing as Schelde to the North Sea.





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