Everything about Canal De Caen La Mer totally explained
Canal de Caen à la Mer (
"Canal from Caen to the sea"; also called the
"Caen Canal") is a small
canal in the
department (préfecture) of
Calvados,
France, connecting the
Port of Caen, in the city of
Caen, downstream to the town of
Ouistreham and the
English Channel.
Running from north north-east to south south-west, the canal runs parallel to the
Orne River which feeds it, it's 14 kilometers (9 miles) long, and comprises two
locks. Digging began in
1837, and when it was opened on
August 23,
1857 it was only four meters (13 ft) deep. It was deepened in
1920. The canal began with the
dock at St. Peter's Basin (Bassin Saint-Pierre), in the downtown area of Caen. The canal is made up of a group of
quays and docks. The current depth is 10 meters (33 ft) and the width can reach 200 meters (650 ft; in the dock of Calix).
The quay at
Blainville-sur-Orne measures more than 600 meters (1970 ft). It acts as the fourth commercial French port for the importation of exotic wood, generally coming from the
Gulf of Guinea. It also loads and unloadings
iron,
fertilizer,
coal, and
construction material. The port exports
cereals that are produced in the area and has a
silo capacity of 33,000 tons.
One of the two locks at the port of Ouistreham, at the mouth of the canal, can accommodate
ships of more than 200 meters (650 ft) length.
Also at Blainville is a
Renault Trucks manufacturing plant. The plant is across the canal from the town, to the southeast, between the canal and the Orne River. Just across the river from the plant is the community of
Colombelles.
The channel passes the side of the
Château de Bénouville. The famous
Pegasus Bridge (aka
"Ham"), from
D-Day,
June 6,
1944, crosses the canal near the village of
Bénouville.
Canal route
(From mouth to terminus)
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