Canal latéral à l'Oise

Canal latéral à l'Oise

Lock on the Oise at L'Isle-Adam, Val-d'Oise, France
Specifications
Length 138 km (86 mi)
Lock length 39 m (128 ft)
Lock width 6.5 m (21 ft)
Locks 11 (4 in the canal and 7 in the Oise)
Total rise 10.45 km (6.49 mi) in the Oise, 13.1 km (8.1 mi) in the canal.[1]
Status Open
Geography
Start point Canal de Saint-Quentin at Chauny
End point Seine at Conflans-Sainte-Honorine
Beginning coordinates 49°36′32″N 3°13′43″E / 49.60883°N 3.22861°E / 49.60883; 3.22861 [1]
Ending coordinates 48°59′18″N 2°04′18″E / 48.98830°N 2.07157°E / 48.98830; 2.07157 [1]
Connects to Canal de Saint-Quentin, Seine, Canal du Nord

The Canal latéral à l'Oise is a canal in northern France that, along with the River Oise, connects the Canal de Saint-Quentin at Chauny to the Seine at Conflans-Sainte-Honorine.[1]

The path is made up of the canal and the canalized River Oise. When a canal has the word latéral as part of its name, the canal follows the path of the river it is named after but is in a separate bed. When a river is canalized, locks have been placed in the bed of the river so that the river acts as a canal. So, the path described in this article is 34 km of a canal parallel to the River Oise and 103.5 km of the River Oise converted to a canal. The transition point is in Janville. 49°27′45″N 2°51′54″E / 49.46255°N 2.86503°E / 49.46255; 2.86503

En route

The PK numbers below go from 0 to 34 at Janville and then decrease from 103.5 to 0 at the Seine.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Jefferson, David (2009). Through the French Canals. Adlard Coles Nautical. pp. 14,111–112. ISBN 978-1-4081-0381-4.
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