Description
Towns visited
Douai - Lambres-lez-Douai - Courchelettes - Cuincy - Lauwin-Planque - Flers-en-Escrebieux
Starting points
A - Parc du Rivage Gayant
B - Courchelettes Centre
C -Halte de la Brayelle
The locks
A lock is a hydraulic engineering structure installed in a canal or a waterway to make it navigable and to allow boats to traverse height differences. Some sluice gates, or locks, were also designed to protect a river or a town from the effects of the tide.
The lock includes a chamber in which the water level can be raised and lowered. It is isolated from the upstream and downstream reaches by gates (formerly oak gates fitted with valves called ‘ventelles’).
- Augustins lock in Douai
- Lambres-lez-Douai lock
- Couteaux lock at Courchelettes
- Courchelettes lock
The ‘Fête de la Batellerie’ in Douai takes place on May 1.
To see
Leisure:
- Gayant Expo
- Lambres-lez-Douai Playground
Heritage:
- Historical centre of Douai with photo (ADL Rivages de la Scarpe et du canal 46)
- Palais de Justice
Nature:
- The Scarpe river
- Escrebieux river
- Charles Fenain Park
- Wagnonville Nature Reserve
Local delicacies
La ferme du petit village
La ferme Mouy (aviculture)
La ferme du petit Cuincy