Harbour

Condé-sur-Marne

2.4Isse, France

Maximum length: 98 ft

Eight-berth halte on the Canal latéral à la Marne at the junction with the Canal de l'Aisne à la Marne, in the Champagne vineyards east of Épernay.

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Access via the Canal latéral à la Marne. Keep 1.80 m draught and 3.50 m air draught typical of the Freycinet gauge. The junction with the Canal de l'Aisne à la Marne lies just north of the quay and is signposted. No tidal constraints.

Practical

Eight berths alongside a concrete quay. Water and electricity on bornes, and a short-stay fee may now be charged with both included. A holding-tank pump-out and picnic tables are on the quay. A free public quay with a picnic table lies just beyond the port. Bakery and small grocery in the village within 300 m, with a vending machine for pizza and regional products at the roundabout. Fuel only at commercial stations in Aÿ or Châlons-en-Champagne.

Ashore

Champagne Grand Cru villages of Bouzy and Ambonnay on the Montagne de Reims at 5 to 7 km. Canal towpath open to cyclists as part of the EuroVelo 19 Meuse à vélo feeder. Épernay and its Avenue de Champagne 15 km west by road.

History

The village sits on the Canal latéral à la Marne opened in 1845 to double the unreliable river navigation. The junction with the Canal de l'Aisne à la Marne, completed in 1866, made Condé a transshipment point for Champagne wine barrels heading north to Reims and Belgium.