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Canal du Loing

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The valley is wooded and pleasant throughout, with lakes resulting from former gravel pits. Commercial traffic has declined significantly, but the canal remains open all year round to accommodate barges, mostly carrying grain for export. The route is popular with private boats, and also sees some
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sought letters patent to build the canal in 1720, and it was completed in 1723. 3815 barges passed through in 1752 alone. Lock 20 is disused today, leaving 19
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Three-way junction, with the Canal du Loing ahead, the Canal d'Orléans under the footbridge, left, and the Canal de Briare in the foreground
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maps and details of places, ports and moorings on the canal, by the author of
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except in two places where the river is used as part of the canal.
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Cepoy
Saint-Mammès
Seine
Buges
Montargis
coordinates
48°01′41″N 2°43′21″E / 48.02816°N 2.72255°E / 48.02816; 2.72255
coordinates
48°23′14″N 2°48′08″E / 48.38721°N 2.80229°E / 48.38721; 2.80229
Canal de Briare
Seine
Seine
[kanaldylwɛ̃]
canal
Seine
Saint-Mammès
Briare Canal
Montargis
Loiret
Seine-et-Marne
départements
Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
locks
canal is lateral
Loing
Bourbonnais route
Saint-Mammès
Seine
Chalon-sur-Saône

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