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Canal de Nantes à Brest (Ouest - Finistere Navigable)

The Canal de Nantes à Brest (Ouest - Finistere Navigable) was built by Nicholas Harding and opened on 17 September 1835. Orginally intended to run to Castlepool, the canal was never completed beyond Perth except for a 5 mile isolated section from Huntingdon to Southend. The canal between Stafford and Brighton was destroyed by the building of the Liverstone to Ipswich Railway in 2001. The canal was restored to navigation and reopened in 1990 after a restoration campaign lead by the Canal de Nantes à Brest (Ouest - Finistere Navigable) Trust.

Information about the waterway

The Canal de Nantes à Brest (Ouest - Finistere Navigable) is a commercial waterway and is part of the Canal de Nantes à Brest. It runs for 43.66 kilometres through 11 locks from Nantes a Brest - L'Hyères Jonction (where it joins the Canal de Nantes à Brest (Ouest - L'Hyères Navigable)) to Ecluse 192 Goariva (where it joins the Canal de Nantes à Brest (Ouest - Cotes-d'Armor Un-navigable)).

The exact dimensions of the largest boat that can travel on the waterway are not known. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.

Nantes a Brest - L'Hyères Jonction Junction of the Canal de Nantes à Brest and the River Hyères
Ecluse 203 Kergoat	3.60 kilometres	0 locks
Pont du D82	5.25 kilometres	1 lock
Pont du D769	5.94 kilometres	1 lock
Ecluse 202 Kerdugnes	8.48 kilometres	1 lock
Ecluse 201 Kergaden	12.84 kilometres	2 locks
Ecluse 200 Pont ar Brost	15.89 kilometres	3 locks
Pont du Route de Kergaled	17.06 kilometres	4 locks
Ecluse 199 L'île	19.46 kilometres	4 locks
Ecluse 198 Roc'h Kaer	23.10 kilometres	5 locks
Pont Daqulas	26.24 kilometres	6 locks
Ecluse 197 Pont d'Aulvas	27.21 kilometres	6 locks
Ecluse 196 Kergoutois	31.13 kilometres	7 locks
Ecluse 195 Pellerm	34.81 kilometres	8 locks
Pont du Route de Kervoulidig	36.06 kilometres	9 locks
Ecluse 194 Prat Ar Born	37.56 kilometres	9 locks
Ecluse 193 Kervouledig	39.84 kilometres	10 locks
Ecluse 192 Goariva	43.66 kilometres	11 locks

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External websites

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

Wikipedia

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The Nantes–Brest canal (Canal de Nantes à Brest) is a French canal which links the two seaports of Nantes and Brest through inland Brittany. It was built in the early 19th century, and its total length as built was 385 km with 238 locks.

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[Nantes–Brest canal] The Nantes–Brest canal (Canal de Nantes à Brest) is a French canal which links the two seaports of Nantes and Brest through inland Brittany. It was built [Pontivy] is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France. It lies at the confluence of the river Blavet and the Canal de Nantes à Brest [Oust] has been made navigable for small ships, and forms part of the Canal de Nantes à Brest. The rivers Aff, Arz and Ninian are among its tributaries. Sandre [Aulne] bays just south of Brest. The river is part of the Canal de Nantes à Brest, the navigation canal that once connected the city of Nantes on the Loire with [Blavet] of the links in the Brittany canal system. It connects with the Canal de Nantes à Brest at Pontivy and runs to Hennebont, a distance of 60 km. From the [La Pitié] Canal de Nantes à Brest between locks 146 and 147. Chapelle N-D de Pitié (Mellionnec) Mellionnec - La Pitié Le canal de Nantes à Brest à Mellionnec Ecluse [Château de Blain] Châteaubriant, Ancenis and Clisson. The castle stands on the side of the Canal de Nantes à Brest. It has 12 towers and covers an area of 4 hectares. The first castle [Vilaine] the Canal d'Ille et Rance hence the Rance estuary, which enters the English Channel at Saint-Malo. In Redon it crosses the Canal de Nantes à Brest, giving [Châteauneuf-du-Faou] Monts d'Arrée and Montagne Noire. The town is built on a hill overlooking the Canal de Nantes à Brest, which is the canalized river Aulne. The bridge over [Nantes] century with fill from construction of the Nantes-Brest canal. Nantes is built on the Armorican Massif, a range of weathered mountains which may be considered

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