Deux Mers Canal

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Deux Mers Canal

The Canal des Deux Mers (French pronunciation: [kanal de mɛʁ]; English: Canal of the Two Seas) has been used to describe two different but similar things since the 1660s. In some cases, it is used interchangeably with the Canal du Midi. In others, it describes the path from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean of which the Canal du Midi was the first artificial component.[1][2]

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Canal des Deux Mers
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English: Two Seas Canal
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Specifications
LengthCanal du Midi 240 km (150 mi)
Garonne Lateral Canal 193 km (120 mi)
LocksCanal du Midi 65 locks
Garonne Lateral Canal 53 locks
History
Construction beganCanal du Midi 1666
Garonne Lateral Canal 1838
Date completedCanal du Midi 1681
Garonne Lateral Canal 1856
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Route

The route from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean includes, from west to east, in sequence:

Former performers on The Mary Whitehouse Experience, a 1990s British topical sketch comedy show, Hugh Dennis pedals and David Baddiel e-bikes ("basically, on a moped"[3][4]), on the towpaths and bicycle routes close to the Deux Mers Canal, from Arcachon to Bordeaux, along the Garonne Canal, along the Canal du Midi, to Le Somail, and to Sète, in a travelogue TV series, Two Men on a Bike on More4.[5][6][7][8][9]

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