Back القناه الشرقيه ARZ Canal de l’Est BAR Усходні канал (Францыя) Byelorussian Canal de l'Est (kanal sa Pransiya, Franche-Comté) CEB Canal de l’Est German Canal del Este Spanish Canal de l’Est Finnish Canal de l'Est French Canal de l'Est LB Canal de l'Est Dutch
The Canal de la Meuse (French pronunciation: [kanal də la møz]) is the current name of what used to be the northern branch of the Canal de l'Est ("canal of the east"). It is a canal in northeastern France, predominantly made up of the canalised river Meuse. The Canal de l'Est was built from 1874 to 1887 to provide a waterway inside the new border with Prussia after the Franco-Prussian War, Overall, the canal had a total length of 394 kilometres (245 mi). In 2003, the northern and southern branches were officially renamed Canal de la Meuse and Canal des Vosges respectively.[1]