Haute Perche Canal
| Haute Perche Canal | |
|---|---|
The Canal de Haute Perche at Chauvé, above the Pont du Clion. | |
| Native name | Canal de Haute Perche (French) |
| Location | |
| Country | France |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique |
| Arrondissement | Nantes |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Chaumes-en-Retz |
| • coordinates | 47°09′55″N 1°56′28″W / 47.1653°N 1.9411°W |
| • elevation | 41,71m |
| Mouth | |
• location | Pornic : Baie de Bourgneuf, Bay of Biscay, Atlantic Ocean |
• coordinates | 47°06′55″N 2°05′56″W / 47.1152°N 2.0988°W |
• elevation | 0m |
| Length | 17 kilometres (11 mi) |
| Basin size | 137 square kilometres (53 mi2) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Ruisseau du Pontereau, Ruisseau du Port, le Gué |
| • right | Ruisseau du Pin, Ruisseau de la Rinais, Ruisseau du Val Saint-Martin |
The Haute Perche Canal (French: Canal de Haute Perche [kanal də ot pɛʁʃ]), despite its title, is a natural river, the Rivière de Haute-Perche, that has been slightly canalised to improve navigation between its mouth in the Bay of Bourgneuf at the port town of Pornic and the upstream settlements of Le Clion-sur-Mer, Chauvé and Arthon-en-Retz. It is located in the Pays de Retz in the Loire-Atlantique department and the Pays de la Loire region. It has also been known as the Canal de Pornic since the 16th century and was sometimes called the Étier de Haute Perche. Historically, it was called the Rouet, after the wheels of the water mills in the port.