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The Canal de la Somme is a canal in northern France. Its total length is 156.4 km with 25 locks, from the English Channel at Saint-Valéry-sur-Somme to the
Fluviacarte
Canal de la Somme (amont) Some authors distinguish the ''Grande Somme'' downstream from Péronne and the ''Petite Somme'' upstream from Voyennes. Since 2005 the latter section has been closed to navigation as a result of silt deposits. In the 1960s, more than 300,000 tonnes of goods were transported on the canal. Today it is used largely by pleasure boats.
Canal de la Somme
information on places, ports and moorings on the canal, by the author of ''Inland Waterways of France'', Imray
Navigation details for 80 French rivers and canals
(French waterways website section) {{DEFAULTSORT:Canal De La Somme
The Canal de la Somme is a canal in northern France. Its total length is 156.4 km with 25 locks, from the English Channel at Saint-Valéry-sur-Somme to the Canal de Saint-Quentin
The Canal de Saint-Quentin () is a canal in northern France connecting the canalised river Escaut in Cambrai to the Canal latéral à l'Oise and Canal de l'Oise à l'Aisne in Chauny.
History
The canal was built in two phases, the second much long ...
at Saint-Simon.
History
The Somme River wascanalized
River engineering is a discipline of civil engineering which studies human intervention in the course, characteristics, or flow of a river with the intention of producing some defined benefit. People have intervened in the natural course and b ...
beginning in 1770. The 54 km section from St. Simon
Simon the Zealot (, ) or Simon the Canaanite or Simon the Canaanean (, ; grc-gre, Σίμων ὁ Κανανίτης; cop, ⲥⲓⲙⲱⲛ ⲡⲓ-ⲕⲁⲛⲁⲛⲉⲟⲥ; syc, ܫܡܥܘܢ ܩܢܢܝܐ) was one of the most obscure among the apostl ...
to Bray was completed by 1772, but the rest was not finished until 1843.
Overview
The canal as originally built has seen substantial modifications since construction of the Canal du Nord in 1904–1965, and is now made up of four distinct sections: * and 1 lock from Saint-Valery-sur-Somme to Abbeville (the ''Canal maritime'') * and 18 locks from Abbeville to Péronne * with 2 locks the section upgraded as part of theCanal du Nord
The Canal du Nord (, literally ''Canal of the North'') is a long canal in northern France. The canal connects the Canal latéral à l'Oise at Pont-l'Évêque to the Sensée Canal at Arleux. The French government, in partnership with coal-min ...
* and 4 locks from Voyennes
Voyennes is a Communes of France, commune in the Somme (department), Somme Departments of France, department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
Voyennes is situated 30 miles(48 km) west of Amiens, on the D417 road in the valley ...
to Saint-Simon, closed upstream from Offoy since 2004.Canal de la Somme (amont) Some authors distinguish the ''Grande Somme'' downstream from Péronne and the ''Petite Somme'' upstream from Voyennes. Since 2005 the latter section has been closed to navigation as a result of silt deposits. In the 1960s, more than 300,000 tonnes of goods were transported on the canal. Today it is used largely by pleasure boats.
En Route
* PK 156 Saint-Valéry-sur-Somme * PK 141 Abbeville * PK 92 Amiens * PK 34 Péronne * PK 16Voyennes
Voyennes is a Communes of France, commune in the Somme (department), Somme Departments of France, department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
Voyennes is situated 30 miles(48 km) west of Amiens, on the D417 road in the valley ...
* PK 0 Saint-Simon
See also
* List of canals in FranceReferences
External links
Canal de la Somme
information on places, ports and moorings on the canal, by the author of ''Inland Waterways of France'', Imray
Navigation details for 80 French rivers and canals
(French waterways website section) {{DEFAULTSORT:Canal De La Somme
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Somme or The Somme may refer to: Places
*Somme (department), a department of France
*Somme, Queensland, Australia
*Canal de la Somme, a canal in France
*Somme (river), a river in France
Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''Somme'' (book), a ...
Canals opened in 1772
Canals opened in 1843
1843 establishments in France