Port

Chateau-Porcien

2.0Taizy, France

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Maximum length: 98 ft

Small halt on the canal des Ardennes at Taizy in Grand Est, with 4 berths.

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Reached via the canal des Ardennes, between locks on the Aisne branch. Low bridges and 38.5 m lock chambers limit air draught and length. No current, straight approach to the quay.

Practical

4 berths along a fixed quay. Water point on the quay. A Carrefour Contact supermarket and a bakery are in Château-Porcien village on the opposite bank of the Aisne, about 700 m from the quay.

Ashore

Romanesque church of Saint-Pierre in Château-Porcien village, about 800 m from the quay. Towpath walks along the canal des Ardennes in both directions. Rethel, 4.9 NM east, has full shops and a railway station.

History

Château-Porcien was the seat of the medieval county of Porcéan, held by the house of Roucy from the 11th century. The castle that gave the place its name was dismantled during the Wars of Religion.