Port

Port de l’Isle Adam

4.3L'Isle-Adam, FranceSeine and Paris

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VHF channel: 9
Maximum draught: 6 ft

River port of 140 berths on the Oise, 35 km north of Paris, in the Val-d'Oise.

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Port on the left bank between écluse de L'Isle-Adam upstream and écluse de Parmain downstream. Maximum draught 2 m. VHF 9. Signal the capitainerie before entering. Commercial barge traffic on the Oise is steady, so cross the river only with clear sight upstream and downstream. The marina basin lies behind a lock off the river, so it stays calm and well protected.

Practical

One hundred and forty berths with water and electricity on the pontoons. Sanitary block with showers; laundry capacity is limited. No fuel berth at the port. Town centre at 400 m with all shops, market on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday mornings. SNCF station on the Paris Nord line runs through to Paris Gare du Nord.

Ashore

Plage fluviale de L'Isle-Adam, opened in 1910 and the largest river beach in France, 300 m from the port. Forêt domaniale de L'Isle-Adam, 1 560 ha of oak and hornbeam, trailheads at the edge of town. Auvers-sur-Oise at 3.5 NM south-west by boat, where Van Gogh painted 70 canvases in the last 70 days of his life in 1890.

History

The town takes its name from Adam de Villiers, lord of the manor in the 11th century. The Prince de Conti held court here in the 18th century and commissioned the Pavillon chinois de Cassan, a lakeside folly built around 1775, still visible on the grounds of the former château park.