Over the last 22km navigation is in the river Erdre, which is wide and almost estuarine in character, and one of the most picturesque rivers in France. Cette voie verte, en cours d'aménagement, permet d'ores et déjà de relier Châteaulin, à l'ouest du Finistère (à hauteur de la Presqu'Île de Crozon) à Port-de-Carhaix (6 km au sud de Carhaix-Plouguer) et à tout le réseau breton des Véloroutes et Voies Vertes, dont l'EV1 qui emprunte le canal de Nantes à Brest à partir de Port-de-Carhaix. Sur la carte. This was overcome by building a pipeline from the Blavet to the summit which can supply up to 450 l/s. Hire boats come in different sizes, to suit a couple, a family or you and your friends, and your ‘hands on the wheel’ holiday can be arranged from start to finish by any of the reputable companies to be found on french-waterways.com.Download this waterway’s information (including extra detail) as a PDF document (The information published here results from more than ten years personal experience cruising the waterways from north to south and east to west. For convenience an approximate distance table is given for navigation between Châteaulin and Brest, although nautical works should be consulted for crossing the Brest roadstead.Syndicat Mixte d’Aménagement Touristique de l’Aulne et de l’Hyères (SMATAH)– Maison éclusière de Bizernig, 29520 Châteauneuf-du-Faou (PK 279-360)– 2 boulevard du Finistère, 29325, Quimper cedex (tidal river and lock 236).Download this waterway’s information (including extra detail) as a PDF document (PK 231.8     Entrance to arm (Anse de Sordan) r/b, pontoon moorings, 15 berths, showers at camp site, slipway, restaurantDownload this waterway’s information (including extra detail) as a PDF document (Hotel barges are elegant and supremely comfortable, converted from traditional vessels or created as cruising boutique hotels from new. Dredging works have been completed throughout the navigable lengths, and the isolated western section has been extended up to Goariva. A tout moment, vous pouvez Afin de vous assurer une navigation optimale nous utilisons plusieurs types de cookies. French Waterways in Detail Propriétaire des canaux de Bretagne (hors portion Guerlédan-Carhaix-Plouguer du canal de Nantes à Brest), la Région investit en tant que maître d'ouvrage sur les projets d'aménagement et de modernisation pour développer l'offre et la qualité des services offerts aux multi usages de la voie d'eau.
This was the most ambitious canal project completed in France, 360km long with no less than 218 locks!

At the same time, the disappearance of all commercial traffic (in 26m long barges carrying up to 140 tonnes) resulted in the gradual silting up of the canal section between Rohan and Pontivy, reducing the available depth to 0.90m or less.The situation has greatly improved in recent years, thanks to substantial investments made in anticipation of transfer of the entire canal system to the Region, which has now taken place.
D’une longueur de plus de 700 m, cet ouvrage historique est unique dans le département.Bucolique et paisible, cette étape est ponctuée de nombreuses écluses et maisons éclusières. The entire length of waterway west of Guerlédan was officially closed in 1957, and the 21km length from Pontivy to Guerlédan also subsequently fell into disuse. The Canal de Nantes à Brest is formed by canalised rivers and three canal sections built to cross the three successive watersheds: Loire-Vilaine, Oust-Blavet and Blavet-Hyères.

Les événements incontournables autour du canal J'accepte de recevoir par mail les dernières actualités touristique du département de Loire-Atlantique, et déclare avoir pris connaissance de la politique de confidentialité. Sur la carte. Campings près du canal de Nantes à Brest.

The navigator reaching the Brittany waterway crossroads at Redon may turn south-east towards Nantes, a distance of 95 km from the entrance lock at Redon. This was a ‘second restoration’, after floods damaged the structures restored in the 1980s.