| Canal latéral à l'Oise | |
|---|---|
 Lock on the Oise atL'Isle-Adam, Val-d'Oise, France | |
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| Specifications | |
| Length | 34 km (21 mi) |
| Lock length | 39 m (128 ft) |
| Lock width | 6.50 m (21.3 ft) |
| Locks | 4 |
| Status | Open |
| History | |
| Date completed | 1831 |
| Geography | |
| Start point | Canal de Saint-Quentin atChauny |
| End point | Oise atJanville |
| Beginningcoordinates | 49°36′15″N3°13′13″E / 49.60417°N 3.22033°E /49.60417; 3.22033 |
| Endingcoordinates | 49°27′27″N3°51′34″E / 49.45750°N 3.85933°E /49.45750; 3.85933 |
| Connects to | Canal de Saint-Quentin,Canal du Nord,River Oise |
TheCanal latéral à l'Oise (French pronunciation:[kanallateʁalalwaz]) is a canal in northern France that, along with the river Oise, connects theCanal de Saint-Quentin atChauny to theSeine atConflans-Sainte-Honorine.[1] See under theriver Oise for the continuation of the route; the junction is made downstream of the lock atJanville49°27′27″N2°51′34″E / 49.45750°N 2.85933°E /49.45750; 2.85933. When a canal islatéral (literally 'running beside'), it follows the course of the river it is named after but in a separate excavated channel. The route described below is the 34 km of canal parallel to the river Oise and 103.5 km of the canalisedriver Oise.
Thecanal latéral was built in 1831 to provide a reliable navigation between Chauny and Janville, bypassing the winding course of the river Oise. Initially built to smaller dimensions, the locks were later doubled and enlarged to theFreycinet standard. With the opening of the Canal du Nord in 1965, it was decided to further improve the canal downstream of the junction with this new canal. The canal was made wider and deeper, and two new locks 100 by 12 m were built around 1970.[2]
The 16-km length of the canal from Pont-l'Évêque to Janville (along with the river Oise beyond Janville to the confluence with the river Aisne) is projected to be replaced by the future high-capacitySeine–Nord Europe Canal.[3]
ThePK numbers below go from 0 to 34 atJanville and then decrease from 103.5 to 0 at theSeine.
