Port

Bayard

2.5Narcy, France

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Maximum length: 49 ft

Small river halt on the Canal entre Champagne et Bourgogne at Narcy, Haute-Marne, with 2 berths along the towpath.

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Reached by the canal between locks 62 and 63 of the Marne branch. No current, no tide. Air draught limited to 3.50 m under the canal bridges. Canal depth around 1.80 m. No VHF watch; lock keepers contacted by horn or on approach.

Practical

Room for one or two boats against the towpath, with no water or shore power laid on. An Intermarché supermarket, a boulangerie next to it and a fuel station open around the clock all lie within a 10 minute walk. Next fully equipped halt at Joinville, 12 km downstream.

Ashore

Towpath walk along the Marne to Chamouilley in 1 hour. Chapelle de Bayard, a nineteenth century furnace chapel linked to the old ironworks, stands 400 m from the quay. The Metallurgic Park of Haut-Fourneau de Dommartin-le-Franc lies 18 km to the north.