Walk by the water

Name: Walk by the water
Start: 2023-09-16T13:30:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-16T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Canal de Beaulieu-lès-Loches

Guided walk along the Beaulieu canal. Discovery of history, fauna and flora by the water. Departure from the washhouse of Pont Gué-Guénard, via Les Brèches de Perrusson for reve…

Saturday 16 September 2023, 13:30, 15:30Passed

Conditions

Closed shoes recommended.

Registration

02.47.91.94.91 obellot@beaulieulesloches.eu

Mairie de Beaulieu-lès-Loches

Guided walk along the Beaulieu canal. Discover history, fauna and flora by the water. Departure from the wash-house of the Gué-Guénard Bridge, via the Brèches de Perrusson to return to the Abbey mill. A complete story to discover this blue "lung" of the town of Beaulieu-lès-Loches.

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Visite commentée / Conférence

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Gratuit, Sur inscription

Type de public

Tout public

About the location

Canal de Beaulieu-lès-Loches

37600 Beaulieu-lès-Loches

Indre-et-Loire
Centre-Val de Loire

It is difficult to know the exact date of the creation of the Beaulieu canal, which is a derivation of the Indre. André Montoux, in an article of the bulletin of the archaeological society of Touraine believes that it is contemporary of the urban fortification (14th or 2nd half of the 15th century). It is also called «Canal des Tanneurs» in the 19th century and «Canal des Tanneries» in the following century. It was built by the Benedictine monks and is probably the successor to a meagre network that previously fed the mills established in the territory. The canal had a domestic role (drinking water supply, sewerage and sewage treatment) and an economic role (irrigation, energy, mills, tanneries). It was made to supply water to tan or flour mills. Various structures (weirs, thresholds, gates) managed the water height of the canal, but also the various branches of the Indre, including on Loches (natural bed of the Indre, canal de la Gare in Loches, Petite Garonne or «false river». The ca