Canal latéral à l'Oise
Lock on the Oise at L'Isle-Adam, Val-d'Oise, France
Specifications
Length34 km (21 mi)
Lock length39 m (128 ft)
Lock width6.50 m (21.3 ft)
Locks4
StatusOpen
History
Date completed1831
Geography
Start pointCanal de Saint-Quentin at Chauny
End pointOise at Janville
Beginning coordinates49°36′15″N 3°13′13″E / 49.60417°N 3.22033°E / 49.60417; 3.22033
Ending coordinates49°27′27″N 3°51′34″E / 49.45750°N 3.85933°E / 49.45750; 3.85933
Connects toCanal de Saint-Quentin, Canal du Nord, River Oise

The Canal latéral à l'Oise (French pronunciation: [kanal lateʁal a lwaz]) 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] See under the river Oise for the continuation of the route; the junction is made downstream of the lock at Janville 49°27′27″N 2°51′34″E / 49.45750°N 2.85933°E / 49.45750; 2.85933. When a canal is latéral (literally 'running beside'), it follows the course of the river it is named after but in a separate excavated channel. The route described below is the 34 km of canal parallel to the river Oise and 103.5 km of the canalised river Oise.

History

The canal latéral was built in 1831 to provide a reliable navigation between Chauny and Janville, bypassing the winding course of the river Oise. Initially built to smaller dimensions, the locks were later doubled and enlarged to the Freycinet standard. With the opening of the Canal du Nord in 1965, it was decided to further improve the canal downstream of the junction with this new canal. The canal was made wider and deeper, and two new locks 100 by 12 m were built around 1970.[2]

Development

The 16-km length of the canal from Pont-l'Évêque to Janville (along with the river Oise beyond Janville to the confluence with the river Aisne) is projected to be replaced by the future high-capacity Seine–Nord Europe Canal.[3]

En route

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

Oise lateral canal location
Location of the Canal lateral à l'Oise in relation to the canalised river Oise and the other canals towards northern France, the Meuse, the Aisne and the Marne, from the European Waterways Map and Directory, 5th edition (Transmanche)

See also

References

  1. Jefferson, David (2009). Through the French Canals. Adlard Coles Nautical. pp. 14, 111–112. ISBN 978-1-4081-0381-4.
  2. Berg, Charles. "Canal Latéral à l'Oise - l'intermédiaire entre l'Oise à grand gabarit et le canal du Nord d'une part, et les canaux du nord-est d'autre part".
  3. Edwards-May, David (2010). Inland Waterways of France. St Ives, Cambs., UK: Imray. p. 191. ISBN 978-1-846230-14-1.
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