Meuse slideshow

Cruising the river Meuse and Canal de la Meuse, France

Pont de Heer, the first bridge in Belgium. Photo taken from the BE/FR border, looking north. This is PK 0 (Kilometer Post zero) on the French Meuse (PK numbers count 0 to 272 southbound.)
Entering the first lock in France, #59 Écluse des Quatre Cheminées (4 Chimneys). (Lock numbers count from 59 to 1 southbound, opposite to PK system; why ???)
The VNF toll vignette must be purchased here, if not previously bought online. For details go to: https://www.vnf.fr/vignettesVNF/accueil.do
Southbound from 4 Chimneys lock.
Givet commercial barge quay, usually available to pleasure boats at no charge.
Charlemont citadel looms above the river at the southern edge of Givet.
Ham tunnel, north end; the “light at the end of the tunnel” can be seen, 564 meters ahead.
Clearance in the tunnel is 3.10 meters height at a width of 5.0 meters, 4.30 meters height at the center of the arch.
Exiting the southern end of the tunnel.
Ham lock #57; rise is 3.2 meters.
Leaving the river to enter a cut, bypassing a barrage (weir) near Montigny-sur-Meuse. There are numerous locations like this on the Meuse.
Moorings at Haybes, PK 24.8, right bank of the river.
A well-kept port with water and electricity at the quay, laundry and showers in the Capitainerie.
Port de plaisance at Fumay, PK 27.5, left bank.
Looking back to the north at Fumay.
Magnificent Ardennes mountains scenery between Fumay and Revin.
Entrance to lock #50 at Revin, bypassing a 360-degree loop of the river around the town of Revin.
Northern entrance to the short Revin tunnel (240 meters long.)
Inside the Revin tunnel; turn right at exit, downstream, to reach the port at Revin.
In the cut above lock 48 (south of Revin and Anchamps.)
A “wild”mooring at the southern end of the cut above lock #48, near Laifour.
Looking north from the mooring. The narrow road alongside is the Voie Verte (green way) Trans-Ardennes
The picturesque town of Montherme, on a loop of the river featured in most tourist brochures of the Ardennes.
The mooring quay at Montherme, PK 58.5, left bank.
Levrezy lock, #45.
“Wild” mooring near Nouzonville, PK 74, left bank.
Entrance to the Port de Plaisance at Charleville, 1.4km downstream from the cut at PK 79.6.
Pontoon mooring at Lumes, PK 87.8, right bank. There is limited rail service into Charleville-Mezieres.
Canal des Ardennes entrance, PK 96.3, approached southbound. Port, boatyard, rental base at Pont-a-Bar, 1km south on Canal des Ardennes.
Canal des Ardennes entrance, PK 96.3, approached northbound.
A quiet country mooring 2 kilometers north of Sedan.
Mooring for shopping/fuel at InterMarche, 100 meters east on right bank.
Port in Sedan, on the river left bank just south of a lock cut, PK107.5.
Mooring on the southern edge of Sedan, PK 108.8 right bank, recreation lake behind mooring.
Mooring pontoon at the town of Pont Maugis, PK 111.5 left bank.
Bankside mooring in cut above lock 36, PK 113.3 right bank.
Exiting lock 41 southbound, at Mouzon.
The port at Mouzon, PK 123.6 left bank.
A country mooring near Alma, above lock 34, PK 131.3 left bank.
A pleasant single mooring near Pouilly-sur-Meuse, above lock 33, PK 138.3 right bank, near the barrage.
Port at Stenay, in a dead-end loop of the river, off the right bank at the northern end of the lock cut. PK 148.6.
South of Stenay there are long canalized sections.
The river Meuse wanders off through the fields, visible alongside the canal.
The river rejoins the canal at Dun; port at PK 161.3, right bank.
On another long canalized section, a small but pleasant mooring at Sivry, PK 174.3 right bank.
At Consenvoye, moorings on a dead-end arm of the river. PK 178.8 right bank
The first lock (southbound) with sloping walls; locking made easy by a floating pontoon.
Mooring pontoon at Belleville, on the northern edge of Verdun. PK 201.5 right bank.
Pont Chausee bridge, at the northern end of Verdun port.
Verdun port de plaisance, PK 203.5 both banks.
Lock 19 at Verdun leads directly into a short tunnel (40 meters).
Crowded moorings at Dieue, above lock 15. PK 216.8 right bank.
A one-boat mooring below lock 14, Ambly-sur-Meuse. PK 222.2 right bank.
Wild mooring at PK 228.4 right bank. Walk east 800 meters to Fort-de-Troyon www.fort-de-troyon.com
Moorings at Lacroix-sur-Meuse. PK 231.0 right bank.
TGV high-speed train crosses the canal at PK 232, south of Lacroix.
Moorings at St Mihiel. PK 240.5 right bank.
St Mihiel moorings are just below the bridge “Pont Patton” (named for General George S. Patton, who commanded AEF tank forces here in a battle in September 1918.)
New moorings at Commercy, PK 261.9 left bank.
Old moorings at Commercy, PK 262.2 right bank.
Moorings at Euville. PK 266.6 right bank.
Junction with the Canal de la Marne au Rhin Ouest at lock 1 Troussey, PK 272.4.The sign refers to the “old” name of Canal de la Meuse: Canal de l’Est Branche Nord.

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