River Lys

Information about the waterway

The River Lys is a large river and is part of the Waterways of Mainland Europe. It runs for 142.02 kilometres through 11 locks from Liaison de Dunkerque-Escaut - Lys Jonction (where it joins the Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut) to Ghent Ringvaart - Lys Verbinding (where it joins the Ghent Ringvaart).

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.

It has junctions with the Canal de la Lys at Lys - Canal de la Lys Jonction; with the Kanaal Bossuit-Kortrijk at Kortrijk and with the Canal de la Deûle at Deulemont.

Liaison de Dunkerque-Escaut - Lys Jonction Junction of River Lys and Liaison de Dunkerque-Escaut at Aire-sur-la-Lys
Ecluse 1 de Fort-Gassion	0.41 kilometres	0 locks
Ecluse 2 de Cense à Witz	7.60 kilometres	1 lock
Ecluse 3 de Saint-Venant	13.76 kilometres	2 locks
Ecluse 4 de Merville	22.65 kilometres	3 locks
La Gorgue	29.26 kilometres	4 locks
Sailly-Sur-La-Lys	35.85 kilometres	4 locks
Ecluse 5 et barrage de Bac-Saint-Maur	38.30 kilometres	4 locks
Écluse 6 et barrage d'Armentières	49.26 kilometres	5 locks
Deulemont Junction of Canal de la Deûle and River Lys	56.56 kilometres	6 locks
Sluis Komen Komen Lock	62.80 kilometres	6 locks
Sluis Menen Menen Lock	73.75 kilometres	7 locks
Kortrijk Junction of Kanaal Bossuit-Kortrijk with River Lys	91.75 kilometres	8 locks
Sluis Harelbeke	96.34 kilometres	8 locks
Sluis Sint-Baafs-Vijve	110.09 kilometres	9 locks
Lys - Canal de la Lys Jonction Junction of the River Lys with the Canal de la Lys at Deinze	123.59 kilometres	10 locks
Sluis Astene	129.12 kilometres	10 locks
Ghent Ringvaart - Lys Verbinding Junction of the Ghent Ringvaart with the River Lys	142.02 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

Wikipedia has a page about River Lys

The Lys (French pronunciation: [lis]) or Leie (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈlɛi̯ə]) is a river in France and Belgium, and a left-bank tributary of the Scheldt. Its source is in Pas-de-Calais, France, and it flows into the river Scheldt in Ghent, Belgium. Its total length is 202 kilometres (126 mi).

Historically a very polluted river from the high population density and industrialisation in both Northern France and Belgium, it has seen substantial improvements in recent years, partly due to the decline of the principal industry, the spinning and weaving of flax. The region of the Leie (between Deinze and Ghent) was known as a favourite place for numerous painters in the first half of the 20th century.

The source of the Lys is in a village, Lisbourg, east of Fruges, in the Pas-de-Calais department of France. It flows generally northeast through the following departments of France, provinces of Belgium and towns and municipalities:

Pas-de-Calais (F): Thérouanne, Aire-sur-la-Lys
Nord (F): Merville, Armentières, Halluin
Hainaut (B): Comines-Warneton
West Flanders (B): Menen, Wevelgem, Kortrijk, Waregem, Wervik
East Flanders (B): Zulte, Deinze, Ghent

The main tributaries of the Leie are, from source to mouth: Laquette, Clarence, Lawe, Deûle, Gaverbeek, Heulebeek, and Mandel.

The river was the location of three battles between the Allies and the German Army. During the First World War in 1918 the location was the scene of the First Battle of the Lys, which was part of the German Spring Offensive and later that year of the Second Battle of the Lys, which was part of the Allies' Hundred Days Offensive. During the Second World War, the Battle of the Lys was part of the 1940 German offensive in Flanders towards the English Channel.

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