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Ille-et-Rance Canal – Site des Onze écluses loop from Dingé

Ille-et-Rance Canal – Site des Onze écluses loop from Dingé

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Ille-et-Rance Canal – Site des Onze écluses loop from Dingé

07:08

135km

520m

Gravel riding

Hard gravel ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 22, 2026

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Parc naturel régional Vallée de la Rance - Côte d'Émeraude

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49.8 km

Ille-et-Rance Canal

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The Ille-et-Rance canal is a small canal which connects the cities of Rennes and Saint-Malo. It starts at the “Mail” lock in Rennes and ends at the “Châtelier” lock in Saint-Samson-sur-Rance in Côtes-d’Armor. This section of the Ille & Rance canal coming from Dinan, which is also a greenway, will take you to Montreuil-sur-Ille. It is on its own site, except for a very small part of less than 2 km, which takes a small, safe road. This greenway is very pleasant, offering very pretty landscapes decorated with beautifully flowered lock keepers' houses.

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54.3 km

Lock No. 36 - Pont Houitte

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Lock n°36 - Houitte Bridge - Québriac

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57.9 km

Ille-et-Rance Canal

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Construction of the Ille-et-Rance canal began in 1804, under Napoleon I and ended in 1832. The bulk of the work is concentrated on the 11 locks that connect two rivers. It connects the city of Rennes to that of Saint-Malo.

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58.9 km

Canal d'Ille-et-Rance

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59.7 km

Moucherie Lock

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Built in the 19th century, this lock is located 2 km from the town of Tinténiac and is part of a set of 11 locks crisscrossing the Ille et Rance canal.

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62.4 km

Site des Onze écluses

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A series of 11 locks over a little more than 2 kilometers, roughly one every 200 meters, allows boats to overcome a 27-meter difference in elevation. It's a veritable aquatic elevator on the banks of the Ille-et-Rance Canal. The locks are still operated manually, and each one has its own lock keeper's house in the Napoleonic style.

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