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the canals
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Brittany
- from Dinan to Redon and southbound by Vilaine river and the Canal de l'Ille et Rance
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part 1: Dinan-Rennes
click here for a
map of Breton canals and rivers
to our bases, route- and rental possibilities
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This track is not suitable for high boats and boats with flying bridge
as bridges are low.
distances indicated in black; locks numbered in red.
click on blue place names for links to local
websites |
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the
Rance barrage |
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locks between sea
and canal |
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St SULIAC |
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PORT St JEAN
bridge |
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the Lessard aqueduct ;
the carved menhir of the Tiemblaye |
48 Le
Châtelier 85 km |
lock of Le Châtelier |
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47 Léhon
26,2 km
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Pont LEHON see:
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46
Pont
Perrin 74,0 km |
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45 Boutron 71
km |
lock of BOUTRON |
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44
Mottay
69 km |
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43
la
Roche 67,3 km |
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42
Evran
66,6 km |
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41
les Islots 62,7
km |
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40
Butte
Jacquette 60,4 km |
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39
Gacet 60
km |
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38
Couadan 56,5
km |
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37
Calaudry
54,2 km |
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Trévérien: the 3
locks of Gascet, la Butte
Jacquet de les Ilots; church of St.Pierre-Sainte Armel; castles
and mills. |
36 Pont
Houitte 50,4 km |
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35 Gué
Noëllan 49,8 km |
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34
Gromillais 48,6
km |
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Péniche
"Neptune"(27 m) at
St
DOMINEUC; granite quay; restored washing-place near Linon  |
33
Tinténiac 47,2
km |
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32 Moucherie
45,3 km |
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la Dialais 43,1
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30 Guéhardière 42,9
km |
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29
Petite Madeleine 42,8km |
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Maison du Canal: 
lock-keepers house
from Napoleontic era
(museum) |
28
la Madeleine 42,5
km |
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27
la
Jaunaie 42,4 km |
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Stairs of HÉDÉ
11 locks: 200 m fall of 2,2 km.
castle-ruins and 3 churches; the valley of mills; 3 locks |
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N° 26 42,3
km |
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footpaths; fishing-lakes;
7 fountains track; picnicktables; chestnut festival |
25
la Parfraire 42,1
km |
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24
la Charronnerie
41,9km |
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23
Pêchetière 41,7
km |
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22
Malabrie 41,6
km |
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21
La Ségerie 41,4
km |
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Feins:stronghold with St.Martin church;
bathing-beach; horse- and poneyriding; picnicktables; jeu de
boules |
Reach
of
7,10 km |
The Boulet lake in FEINS |
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20
Villemorin 34,3
km |
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19
Courgalais 33,5
km |
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18
Chanclin 32,8
km |
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17
Lengager 32,1
km |
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16
Haute Roche 31,2
km |
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15
Ille 30,8
km |
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14
Dialay 28,1
km |
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13
St Médard/ille
27,3 km |
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12
Bouessay 24,9
km |
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carpenter's yards for wooden
lock-gates; locks and lock-keepers house; discovery-paths (ask at Mairie); mountainbiking;
the chapel of Sainte-Anne;
canal festivals |
11 St
Germain/ille 23,8
km |
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10
Fresnay 21,9
km |
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9
les Cours 20,5
km |
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8
Grugedaine 18,1
km |
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7
les Brosses
15,7 km |
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6
Haut-Châlet
12,7 km |
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5
Gacet 10
km |
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4
Charbonnière 7,3
km |
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3
St Grégoire
5,7 km |
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2
St Martin 1,2
km |
Arrival in RENNES |
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le Mail |
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art museum; Brittany-museum on
the quais ; ecomuseum (Rennes-south); Thabor (one of France's most
beautiful parks); megalites of Saint-Just; |
RENNES
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regional capital; medieval centre (ramparts,
gates); see
www.tourisme-rennes.com |
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for part 2: Rennes-Redon and southbound
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