Canal de l’Ourcq (connected)

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The Canal de l’Ourcq is a historic French canal in the Île-de-France region that supplies Paris with water and provides a navigable waterway linking the Ourcq and Marne river systems to the capital.

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Canal de l’Ourcq (connected) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf canal
waterway
commissionedBy Napoleon Bonaparte
surface form: Napoleon I of France
connectsTo Bassin de la Villette
Canal Saint-Martin
Marne
surface form: Marne River

Ourcq River
River Seine
surface form: Seine
constructionStart 1802
country France
designer Pierre-Simon Girard
hasPart Bassin de la Villette
locks
towpaths
heritageStatus historic infrastructure of Paris
historicalPeriod First French Empire
length approximately 108 km
locatedIn Aisne (department)
Paris
Seine-Saint-Denis
Seine-et-Marne
Île-de-France region
surface form: Île-de-France
managedBy Paris
surface form: Ville de Paris
opened 1822
owner Paris
surface form: City of Paris
partOf Parisian canal network
passesThrough Aulnay-sous-Bois
Bobigny
Bondy
Claye-Souilly
Meaux
Pantin
Sevran
purpose to provide a navigable route to Paris
to supply Paris with drinking water
regionServed Paris
Île-de-France region
surface form: Île-de-France
startsNear Port-aux-Perches
status operational
terminus Bassin de la Villette
Paris 19th arrondissement
use navigation
recreation
water supply
usedFor barge traffic
cycling along towpaths
tourist cruises
walking along towpaths
waterSupplyFor Paris

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Marne hasCanal Canal de l’Ourcq (connected)