Harbour

Pont-de-vaux

3.9Reyssouze, France

Maximum length: 38 m

River port with 225 berths on the Reyssouze, a short navigable canal linking Pont-de-Vaux to the Saône river, in the Ain department.

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Enter from the Saône river and follow the 3.5 km canal de Pont-de-Vaux to the port. One lock on the canal, operated by VNF. Low current, no tidal constraint.

Practical

225 berths on pontoons. Fuel station on site. Warte-kai Pont-de-Vaux 1.6 NM to the NW and Ponton Camping aux Rives de Soleil 1.7 NM NW for overflow mooring. Shops, bakery and restaurants in Pont-de-Vaux town, 500 m from the port.

Ashore

Musée Chintreuil in Pont-de-Vaux, dedicated to the 19th century landscape painter Antoine Chintreuil, born in the town. Saturday morning market on place Michel Poisat. Bresse farmland around the town, with AOC Volaille de Bresse poultry farms.