Towpath Along Zuid-Willemsvaart
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Location: Lanaken, Tongeren, South Limburg, Flanders, Belgium
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Not far from where this picture was taken is a picnic table alongside the road.
September 17, 2019
When it was constructed (1822-1826), the canal was still called Willemsvaart. When a Drentse Willemsvaart was added a few years later, ‘Zuid-‘ was added.
The canal owes its name to King Willem I, who decided to dig a connecting canal between Maastricht and 's-Hertogenbosch in 1822.
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•April 16, 2025
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