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Canal de Bourbourg
Jeu de Mail lock on the Canal de Bourbourg in Dunkirk
Specifications
Length21 km
Locks3
Geography
Start pointInner Harbour at Port of Dunkirk [fr]
End pointRiver Aa near Bourbourg

The Canal de Bourbourg is a 21 km long canal which connects the river Aa (near Bourbourg) to the inner harbours of the port of Dunkerque in the Nord department, in northern France. For a short length in the middle it is part of the high-capacity waterway Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut (Dunkirk-Scheldt Link).[1]

  1. ^ "French Waterways in Detail //Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut".

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