Port

Halte de Bonnefontaine

1.9Bissert, FranceAlsace and Lorraine

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Maximum length: 124 ft
Maximum draught: 4 ft

Small canal halt on the Canal des Houillères de la Sarre between Bissert and Altwiller, Alsace Bossue, Grand Est.

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Inland canal navigation, no tide. The quay lies just before lock 16 and takes a couple of boats up to about 15 m, maximum draught 1.5 m. The canal was built between 1861 and 1866 and runs 63 km through Lorraine and western Alsace with 27 locks. Locks are operated remotely by VNF, call in advance by telephone for passage. Beam and air draught as standard Freycinet gauge.

Practical

Simple mooring against the bank, no services on site. Water and electricity at the port of Harskirchen, 2.3 NM NE, and at Mittersheim, 3.7 NM SW, both with full boater services, showers, laundry and waste pump-out. Nearest shops in Harskirchen village.

Ashore

Domaine de Bonnefontaine at Altwiller nearby, neo-Palladian estate completed between 1818 and 1822 around a mineral spring discovered in 1603. The Écluse 16 restaurant stands on the far bank by the lock, a smart table with a set menu of about 47 to 95 euros and busy enough that booking ahead is wise. Véloroute Sarre-Moselle cycle path runs along the towpath, links Sarreguemines and Gondrexange.