Home Page ⇨ Mainland Europe ⇨ River Schelde or Escaut ⇨ Main river

River Schelde or Escaut (Main river)

Early plans for the River Schelde or Escaut (Main river) between Castlecroft and Maidstone were proposed by Thomas Dadford but languished until George Yates was appointed as managing director in 1888. In 1905 the Newbury and Newbury Canal built a branch to join at Brench. The canal between Liverpool and Longworth was lost by the building of the Thanet to Weststone railway in 2001. Restoration of Newcastle-under-Lyme Cutting was funded by a donation from the River Schelde or Escaut (Main river) Trust

Information about the waterway

The River Schelde or Escaut (Main river) is a large river and is part of the River Schelde or Escaut. It runs for 94.93 kilometres through 5 locks from Liason Dunkerque-Escaut - Scarpe Inférieure Jonction (where it joins the Liaison Dunkerque-Escaut and the Scarpe Inférieure) to Ghent Ringvaart - Schelde Verbinding (where it joins the Ghent Ringvaart).

The exact dimensions of the largest boat that can travel on the waterway are not known. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.

It has junctions with the Kanaal Nimy-Blaton-Péronnes at Schelde - Nimy-Blaton-Peronnes Verbinding; with the Kanaal Bossuit-Kortrijk at Schelde - Bossuit-Kortrijk Verbinding and with the Canal de l’Espierre at Schelde - Espierre Verbinding.

Liason Dunkerque-Escaut - Scarpe Inférieure Jonction Junction of the Liason Dunkerque-Escaut with the Scarpe Inférieure at Mortagne-du-Nord, near the French/Belgian border
French - Belgian Border (Scarpe) The Scarpe Inférieure crosses the French - Belgian border	1.53 kilometres	0 locks
Schelde - Nimy-Blaton-Peronnes Verbinding Junction of the River Schelde with the Kanaal Nimy-Blaton-Peronnes at Peronnes-Lez-Antoing	7.14 kilometres	0 locks
Sluis Kain	21.13 kilometres	0 locks
Schelde - Espierre Verbinding Junction of the River Schelde or Escaut with the Canal de l’Espierre	34.25 kilometres	1 lock
Sluis Herinnes	35.12 kilometres	1 lock
Schelde - Bossuit-Kortrijk Verbinding Junction of River Schelde with the Kanaal Bossuit-Kortrijk at Bossuit	40.97 kilometres	2 locks
Sluis Berchem-Kerkhove	50.27 kilometres	2 locks
Sluis Oudenaarde	64.55 kilometres	3 locks
Sluis Asper	77.47 kilometres	4 locks
Ghent Ringvaart - Schelde Verbinding Junction of the Ghent Ringvaart with the River Schelde	94.93 kilometres	5 locks

Maps

If you are a user and are logged on, or if you are actively planning a route, a map will be displayed here.

Show on external mapping site: Google | OSM | Bing

Additional information

Navigational Notes

External websites

VisuRiS — associated with Waterways of Mainland Europe: The official inland waterway resource for Belgium with actual traffic and planned operations on the waterways. Also has voyage planning and notices to mariners

Wikipedia

There is no page on Wikipedia called “River Schelde or Escaut”

Wikipedia pages that might relate to River Schelde or Escaut

[Scheldt] The Scheldt (/ʃɛlt/, French: Escaut [ɛsko], Walloon: Escô, Dutch: Schelde [ˈsxɛldə]) is a 350-kilometre-long (220 mi) river that flows through in northern [Escaut (department)] Belgium and Netherlands. It was named after the river Scheldt (Escô, Schelde), which is called the Escaut in French. It was created on 1 October 1795, when [List of rivers of Belgium] Luxembourg) Attert (in Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg) Scheldt (Dutch: Schelde, French: Escaut) (near Flushing, Netherlands) Rupel (in Rupelmonde) Nete (in Rumst) [List of rivers discharging into the North Sea] (in Monthermé) Bar (near Dom-le-Mesnil) Chiers (in Bazeilles) Scheldt/Schelde/Escaut (near Flushing, Netherlands) – France, Belgium, Netherlands Rupel (in [Fortified Sector of the Escaut] The Fortified Sector of the Escaut (Secteur Fortifié de l'Escaut), also known as the Fortified Sector of the Schelde, was the French military organization [Waal (river)] times called Vacalis, Vahalis or Valis, later Vahal, is of Germanic origin and is named after the many meanders in the river (West Germanic languages: wôh [Meuse] French: [møz]; Walloon: Moûze [muːs]) or Maas (/mɑːs/ MAHSS, Dutch: [maːs]; Limburgish: Maos [mɒˑs] or Maas) is a major European river, rising in France and flowing [Battle of the Scheldt] and controlling access to the river. This made it impossible for Allied minesweepers to clear the heavily mined river. Adolf Hitler ordered the 15th [IJssel] Dutch Low Saxon: Iessel(t) [ˈiːsəl(t)]) is a Dutch distributary of the river Rhine that flows northward and ultimately discharges into the Ĳsselmeer [Delta Works] American Society of Civil Engineers. The estuaries of the rivers Rhine, Meuse and Schelde have been subject to flooding over the centuries. After building

Google