Canal De La Marne à La Saône
The Canal entre Champagne et Bourgogne (, literally ''Canal between Champagne (province), Champagne and Burgundy''), previously named Canal de la Marne à la Saône (, literally ''Canal of the Marne to the Saône''), is a canal in north-eastern France connecting the towns of Vitry-le-François and Maxilly-sur-Saône. It is a summit level canal of Freycinet dimensions connecting the Marne (river), Marne and the Saône. It is 224.191 kilometres long, and has 114 locks (71 on the Marne side and 43 on the Saône side) and two tunnels, Condes, Haute-Marne, Condes which is 275 metres long and the tunnel on the summit level between Balesmes-sur-Marne and Noidant-Chatenoy, 4820 metres long. which runs almost exactly underneath the source of the Marne. The canal is fed by four reservoirs designed for that purpose: , , , and . *Altitude at Vitry-le-François: 104 m *Altitude at Maxilly-sur-Saône: 187 m *Altitude of summit level: 345 m The canal was recently renamed "Canal entre Champagne e ...
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