Canal de Saint-Quentin
canal, France
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expansion of French canal system
- In canals and inland waterways: Europe
In the north the Saint-Quentin Canal, with a 5.6-km (3.5-mile) tunnel, opened in 1810, linking the North Sea and the Schelde and Lys systems with the English Channel via the Somme and with Paris and Le Havre via the Oise and Seine. In the interior the Canal du Centre…
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Oise River
- In Oise River
…the former coal basin (the Saint-Quentin and Nord canals) and the longest canals, leading to Dunkirk and Belgium. Its drainage basin is about 7,700 square miles (20,000 square km) in area. Several battles of World War I were fought along its riverbanks.
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