Canal de la Meuse in France

27 August 2022 | Author/Destination: | Category: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

Patton © Andre Corso/cc-by-sa-4.0

Patton © Andre Corso/cc-by-sa-4.0

The Canal de la Meuse is the current name of what used to be the northern branch of the Canal de l’Est (French: “canal of the east”). It is a canal in northeastern France, predominantly made up of the canalised river Meuse. 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, Overall, the canal had a total length of 394 kilometres (245 mi). In 2003, the northern and southern branches were officially renamed Canal de la Meuse and Canal des Vosgesrespectively.   read more…

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