An old dream
The Ypres-Komen Canal (Old Canal Ypres-Komen) was a planned canal in the Belgian province of West Flanders. It had to form a connection between de IJzer (via de Ieperlee in Ieper) and the Leie in Komen

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

February 2, 2023

The failed Ypres Canal
Connecting the Yser to the Lys, that is the dream that the Ypres-Comines Canal must fulfill. The excavation works therefore start in 1864, but landslides at the ridge in Hollebeke soon throw a spanner in the works.

More info at industriecultuur.be/scheepvaart/kanaal-ieper-komen

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Chantal

July 8, 2025

walls and remains of the canal that collapsed during construction just before WWI and was never completed as a canal

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Distance 2.19 km

Uphill 30 m

Downhill 10 m

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Location: Ypres, Ieper, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium

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