The Canal de la Meuse () is the current name of what used to be the northern branch of the Canal de l'Est ("canal of the east"). It is a canal in northeastern
France
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, predominantly made up of the canalised river
Meuse
The Meuse or Maas is a major European river, rising in France and flowing through Belgium and the Netherlands before draining into the North Sea from the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta. It has a total length of .
History
From 1301, the upper ...
. The Canal de l'Est was built from 1874 to 1887 to provide a waterway inside the new border with Prussia after the
Franco-Prussian War
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, Overall, the canal had a total length of . In 2003, the northern and southern branches were officially renamed Canal de la Meuse and Canal des Vosges respectively.
Canal de l'Est in ''Dictionnaire des rivières et canaux de France''
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Canal de la Meuse (formerly Canal de l'Est, northern branch)
The Canal de la Meuse starts at Givet in the Ardennes département. It follows the Meuse upstream, passing through Mouzon, Fumay, Revin, Nouzonville, Charleville-Mézières, Sedan, Stenay, Verdun
Verdun ( , ; ; ; official name before 1970: Verdun-sur-Meuse) is a city in the Meuse (department), Meuse departments of France, department in Grand Est, northeastern France. It is an arrondissement of the department.
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, Saint-Mihiel and Commercy, and joins the Canal de la Marne au Rhin at Troussey. This canal is long. For most of its length, the canal is the canalised river Meuse.
Canal des Vosges (formerly southern branch)
Originally, the southern branch of the Canal de l'Est started at Toul, where it branched off the Canal de la Marne au Rhin. Since the Moselle has been made navigable for high-capacity barges up to Neuves-Maisons, the part of the Canal de l'Est between Toul and Neuves-Maisons is considered part of the Moselle. The canal follows the Moselle upstream through Charmes and Thaon-les-Vosges until Golbey, north of Épinal, where it leaves the Moselle valley. It passes through Les Forges and enters the valley of the Côney near Uzemain. It follows the Côney downstream until its confluence with the Saône at Corre in the Haute-Saône department, the southern end of the Canal de l'Est. This branch of the canal is long.[
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Geographic latitude and longitude
See also
* List of canals in France
References
External links
Canal de la Meuse
navigation guide; places, ports and moorings on the canal, by the author of ''Inland Waterways of France'', Imray
Canal des Vosges
navigation guide; 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)
*, hydrological and Meuse catchment area data
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Canals opened in 1887