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Ieper-Komen Canal

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Ypres

Ieper-Komen Canal

Ieper-Komen Canal

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    June 7, 2022

    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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      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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        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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