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Canal Nivernais

SELF DRIVE RIVER BOAT RENTALS FROM Corbigny

This base is located on the Burgundy Canal and you can take a few hours to linger in this small authentic village with its large laundry of 1792 or its obelisk dedicated to the soldiers victims of the war of 1870. She is the starting point for the one-week minimum one-way cruise to Venarey.

The locks are automatic or electric and most are manned by lock keepers, except on the Canal du Nivernais and the Canal du Centre where some are manual. The locks are closed the 1st of May, the 14th of July and the 1rst of November.

During the season locks are open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and are closed for lunch between 12:00-13:00 (1:00 p.m.).

The Roanne to Digoin canal is closed from mid-April to the end of June 2025 due to a leak on the canal.

On the Canal du Nivernais, there is a ladder of 16 consecutive locks:  l'échelle de Sardy.

Between Saint Jean de Losne and Mâcon, you must only stop at designated moorings, elsewhere you can moor anywhere along the banks in the heart of the countryside.

  • Road: A6 Paris - Lyon, 18 Joigny (34 km).
  • Train: Laroche-Migennes 10 km (Paris - Laroche-Migennes 1h20).
  • Plane: Paris-Orly (150 km).
  • Supermarket Leclerc 100 meters from the base

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Cruise carried out on Nov 1, 2024, Tarpon 37Cruise : Colombiers round trip
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