LE PETIT CANAL - LA RIGOLE

Route d'Issé D69, La Belletière, 44390 Nort-sur-Erdre

The canal links the Vioreau reservoir in Joué-sur-Erdre to the Nantes–Brest Canal, passing through the town of Nort-sur-Erdre...

The 21.3 km-long feed channel, or “Petit Canal”, links the Vioreau reservoir to the Nantes–Brest Canal. It supplies water to the first section of the canal to compensate for the drop in water level caused by lock operations and evaporation. Its construction – between 1833 and 1836 – is a technical masterpiece, featuring a gradient of just 14 cm per kilometre, four aqueducts, a 600-metre-long tunnel, numerous picturesque little stone bridges and wash houses...

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Listing provided by OT Erdre et Gesvres (updated by the source on 03/02/2025).

Tourist office data: DATAtourisme, Licence Ouverte (French open licence), updated 28 October 2026.