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La Borchêne Stream

Natural Monuments

Wallonie

La Borchêne Stream

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La Borchêne Stream

Recommended by 33 hikers out of 34

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Parc naturel des Hautes-Fagnes – Eifel

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Location: Limbourg, Verviers, Liège, Wallonie, Wallonia, Belgium

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1. Gileppe Dam – Historic Center of Limbourg loop from Foyr

13.5km

03:52

310m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Gileppe Aqueduct – Historic Center of Limbourg loop from Limbourg

11.9km

03:22

260m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Wooden Footbridge Over Stream – View of the Gileppe Dam loop from Foyr

9.69km

02:42

180m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Peter 🥾🐾🌲

February 9, 2025

The Borchêne is a Belgian stream, a tributary of the Gileppe and therefore part of the Meuse watershed.

This Ardennes stream has its source between the hamlets of La Louveterie (municipality of Limbourg) and Vervierfontaine (municipality of Jalhay) at an altitude of approximately 350 m. From its source to its confluence with the Gileppe, this forest stream serves as a boundary between the municipalities of Limbourg and Jalhay. After a course of approximately four kilometers in a north-east direction, the Borchêne flows into the left bank of the Gileppe some 300 m. downstream from the dam.

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Peter 🥾🐾🌲

February 9, 2025

In 1872 the Borchêne dam was inaugurated to supply Verviers industries with water, five years before the Gileppe dam was built. In 1897, after a typhoid fever epidemic in Verviers, the sluice gates were permanently closed, since then this lake has long been used for swimming and fishing.

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Elevation 300 m

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Location: Limbourg, Verviers, Liège, Wallonie, Wallonia, Belgium

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La Borchêne Stream

1. Gileppe Dam – Historic Center of Limbourg loop from Foyr

2. Gileppe Aqueduct – Historic Center of Limbourg loop from Limbourg

3. Wooden Footbridge Over Stream – View of the Gileppe Dam loop from Foyr

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