Nantes - Brest ( French Canal de Nantes à Brest ) - a canal in western France .
| Nantes - Brest | |
|---|---|
| fr. Canal de nantes à brest | |
| Location | |
| A country |
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| Regions | Lands of Loire , Brittany |
| Characteristic | |
| Length | 364 km |
| Watercourse | |
| Head | |
| · Head location | Brest raid |
| Mouth | Loire |
 - head  - mouth | |
A 364 km long canal connects the Brest raid in Brest and the Loire river in Nantes . 238 gateways were built throughout the system. Part of the canal passes through the natural reservoirs of Brittany .
The idea of building a canal arose in the XVI century, but its construction began only during Napoleon , when the British fleet was off the coast of Brittany . In 1836, a movement was opened from Brest to Kare and from Nantes to Redon . The canal was fully opened only in 1858 by Napoleon III . [one]
In 1923, after the construction of the Gerledan Dam, 17 canal locks flooded the waters. Because of this, the exploitation of the section from Kare-Pluger to Pontivy stopped. For the rest of its length, the canal is still used today.
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- ↑ McKnight, Hugh (2005). Cruising French Waterways, 4th Edition. Sheridan House. ISBN 8124-0152-1 (wrong)