Digging the Schipdonk Canal together with the Leopold Canal was one of the first major infrastructure works in young Belgium.
The north-south orientation of the canal between Eeklo and Deinze …

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The Leopold Canal was built between 1847 and 1850. It runs about 40 km west of Boekhoute to Heist-aan-Zee. It is between 1.2 and 2.3 m (3 ft 11 in …

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The Schipdonkkanaal (officially: Leie discharge channel) runs for 56 km from Deinze in the province of East Flanders to Zeebrugge, where it flows into the North Sea. Ships from the CEMT class Va with a maximum draft of 2.5 m are permitted on the canal between Deinze and the Ghent-Bruges Canal, between the Ghent-Bruges Canal and the Balgerhoeke Lock the canal is only navigable CEMT- Class I. The canal is not navigable behind the Balgerhoeke lock.
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