The area was created by clay extraction from the Nieuwpoort brick factory. This created six shallow clay pits between 1945 and 1979 on an area of 22 hectares.
In the De Blankaart nature reserve, water is the greatest asset. Not only nature is dependent on good quality water. People also need a lot of pure water. That is …
Come walk and cycle along marshes and meadows, or take a boat trip on our whisper boat in the De Blankaart nature reserve. The area is located in the Yser …
In the past, Kortemark often had to deal with flooding because the Krekebeek cannot handle the water from the higher surrounding areas during heavy rainfall.