List of structures on the Canal du Loing

Canal du Loing
Code: At=Attraction, A=Aqueduct, V=Village, T=Town, L=Lock [B]
49.4km with 19 locks
Code PK[A] Name Lat/Lon Comment
0 Origination Connects with Canal de Briare [1] [2] and Canal d'Orleans in Buges near Montargis. [2]
Br 0.4 Unnamed train bridge [2]
L 2.1 Cepoy lock Lock #1 fall 1.50m [2]
V 2.1 Cepoy [2]
Br 2.2 No name given [2]
At 4.5 Ancienne écluse de Montigny [2]
L 5.2 les Vallées lock Lock #2 falls 1.49m [2]
Br 5.4 No name given [2]
L 5.9 Montabon lock Lock #3 falls 1.41m [2]
Br 8.1 Pont de Vaux [2]
L 9 Retourné lock Lock #4 falls 1.94m [2]
V 10.2 Nargis [2]
L 10.2 Nargis lock Lock #5 falls 1.39m [2]
Br 10.4 No name given [2]
L 11.2 Brisebarre lock Lock #6 falls 1.79m [2]
At 11.2 Moulin de la Goulette English: Goulette Mill [2]
At 12.5 Pertuis de Nancay [2]
At 12.6 Moulin de Nancay English: Nancay Mill [2]
At 12.8 Chateau de Toury [2]
Br 12.8 Pont de Toury [2]
Br 14.3 Pont de Dordives [2]
Br 14.5 A77 [2]
V 15.0 Néronville Small town of Chateau-Landon in 2km. [1]
A 15.8 Pont canal du Fusin Crosses River Fusain [2]
L 15.9 Néronville lock Lock #7 falls 3.11m [2]
Br 15.9 No name given [2]
V 16.8 Mocpoix [2]
L 17 Égreville lock Lock #8 falls .48m [2]
At 17 Pertuis des Grands Moulins English: openings of large mills [2]
Br 17.1 No name given [2]
Br 18.5 No name given [2]
Br 19 Pont de Souppes [2]
V 19 Souppes-sur-Loing Large activity center including swimming pool. [1]
? 19.4 A black line is shown on the reference across the canal [2]
Br 20.5 Unnamed train bridge [2]
V 21 La Madeleine-sur-Loing
At 21 Barrage et pertuis de Beaumoulin English: Dam and sluice of Beaumoulin [2]
L 21 Beaumoulin lock Lock #9 falls 2.20m [2]
At 21.2 Polissoirs préhistoriques [2]
Br 21.3 Pont de Beaumoulin [2]
At 22.5 Pertuis de Galandelles [2]
Br 22.5 No name given [2]
V 23 Galandelles [2]
Br 24.3 Pont de Bagneaux Same name appears twice in ref [2]
V 25 Bagneaux-sur-Loing
L 25.6 Bagneaux lock Lock #10 falls 2.09m [2]
Br 25.6 Pont de Bagneaux Same name appears twice in ref [2]
V 27 Chaintreauville Village name may be spelled Chaintréuville [3]
L 27.4 Chaintreauville lock Lock #11 falls 3.10m [2]
Br 27.4 No name given [2]
At 28 Moulin de Doyer English: Doyer Mill[2]
Br 28.7 Pont des Récollets [2]
T 29 Nemours Museum [1]
Br 29.3 Pont de Paris [2]
L 30 Buttes lock Lock #12 falls 1.60m [2]
Br 30 No name given [2]
V 30.1 Buttes Waterpoint?? [3]
Br 31.4 No name given [2]
Br 31.9 Pont autoroutier The A6 crosses the canal. [2]
At 32.4 Barrage du Moulin Rouge English: Red Mill Dam [2]
At 32.6 écluse de garde English: Guard lock [2]
Br 32.7 Passerelle [2]
At 33.2 Chateau de Fromonville [2]
T 33.5 Montcourt-Fromonville [2] Has grocery and restaurant. [3]
Br 34.8 Pont de Montcourt [2]
L 36.4 Les Bordes lock Lock #14 falls 1.93m [2] Grez-sur-Loing approach from the bridge after lock 14 at Bordes. [3]
V 38 La Genevraye [2]
Br 38 Pont de la Genevraye [2]
L 38.7 Berville lock Lock #15 falls 1.96m [2] A full range of shops is found in Montigny-sur-Loing, within 2km of the canal at the road bridge beyond lock 15. [3]
At 39 Chateau de Berville [2]
A 41 Pont canal du Lunain [2]
L 41.1 Épisy lock Lock #16 falls 3.16m [2]
Br 41.2 No name given [2]
V 41.5 Épisy
L 44.2 Éculles lock Lock #17 falls 1.31m [2]
Br 44.3 No name given [2]
At 45 Abbaye du Don de Dieu English: Gift of God Abbey [2]
V 45 Éculles Has several shops and a restaurant. [3] [2]
Br 46.3 Pont de Ravanne [2]
Br 46.5 No name given [2]
L 46.8 Bourgogne lock Lock #18 falls 2.37m [2]
V 46.9 Bourgoyne Beyond lock 18 is La Grange Bateliere, a thatched cottage inspired by buildings in the Vendee. [3]
Br 46.9 Pont de Bourgogne [2]
L 47.6 Moret lock Lock #19 falls 2.24m [2]
Br 47.6 No name given [2]
T 47.7 Moret-sur-Loing Fortified town. [1] A highlight of the canal. [3] It was fortified with gateways and has many royal connections going back to the time of Louis VII. [3]
Br 48.2 Unnamed train bridge [2]
T 49 Saint-Mammès Barge town with several quayside moorings for pleasure boats in the Seine. Connects to Seine. [1] Well supplied with shops,, restaurants, and boating requirements. [3] The old Ecluse 20, just inside the entrance is no longer used because of a change in the level of the Seine. [3]
At 49.3 Ancienne éclude de St-Mammes Old lock #20 [2]
49.4 la Seine Termination [2]

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Notes

A Distance in km from the beginning of the canal in Buges, near Montargis.
B Each lock has a number and a number of meters for its rise or fall.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Jefferson, David (2009). Through the French Canals. Adlard Coles Nautical. pp. 275. ISBN 978-1-4081-0381-4. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb Loire Nivernais Waterways Guide 02. Editions Du Breil. ISBN 2-913120-00-8. 
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k McKnight, Hugh (2005). Cruising French Waterways, 4th Edition. Sheridan House. ISBN 8124-0152-1.