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Canal de Bourbourg

Early plans of what would become the Canal de Bourbourg were drawn up by Exuperius Picking Junior in 1816 but problems with Chester Locks caused delays and it was finally opened on January 1 1876. From a junction with The Caledonian Canal at Castlehampton the canal ran for 37 miles to Newport. The canal between Southend and Oldley was destroyed by the building of the Southcester to Eastcorn Railway in 2001. According to Cecil Jones's "Haunted Waterways" Youtube channel, Huntingdon Tunnel is haunted by the ghost of Edward Hunter, a lock-keeper, who drowned in the canal one winter night.

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The Canal de Bourbourg is part of the Waterways of Mainland Europe and is made up of the Canal de Bourbourg (southern section) and the Canal de Bourbourg (northern section).

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VisuRiS — associated with Waterways of Mainland Europe: The official inland waterway resource for Belgium with actual traffic and planned operations on the waterways. Also has voyage planning and notices to mariners

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The Canal de Bourbourg is a 21 km long canal which connects the Aa River (near Bourbourg) to the inner harbours of the port of Dunkerque in the Nord department, in northern France. For a short length in the middle it is part of the high-capacity waterway Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut (Dunkirk-Scheldt Link).

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[Bourbourg] Bourbourg (West Flemish: Broekburg) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is situated in the maritime plain of northern France, in [List of canals in France] This is a list of the navigable canals and rivers in France. For reference purposes, all waterways are listed, including many that have been abandoned [Canal Dunkerque-Escaut] diversion canal connects to the Canal de Bourbourg, which is used for a short length, then the Colme diversion canal leads to the Canal de la Colme, upgraded [Aa (river, France)] is a navigable waterway connecting with the Canal de Calais leading to Calais and the Canal de Bourbourg leading to Dunkirk, as shown by the map of the [Canal de Bergues] Cambs., UK: Imray. pp. 41–42. ISBN 978-1-846230-14-1. Dunkerque Canals (Furnes, Bourbourg and Bergues) with maps and expanded details by the author of Inland [Coppenaxfort] Brouckerque, Craywick and Bourbourg. Coppenaxfort is located at the junction of Dérivation de la Colme and Canal de Bourbourg canals. The Vliet river flows [Nieuwpoort–Dunkirk Canal] Nieuwpoort–Dunkirk Canal finally ends in linkups with the Bourbourg and Bergues canals. The Plassendale–Nieuwpoort–Veurne–Dunkirk Canal was built around [Atlantis] renowned Mesoamerican scholars, starting with Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, and including Edward Herbert Thompson and Augustus Le Plongeon, formally [Aztecs] of ancient civilizations. French Americanist Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg (1814–1874) asserted that "science in our own time has at last effectively

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