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Pictures of canal Saint-Martin: quai de Valmy, quai de Jemmapes, Bassin des Récollets; locks: écluses Saint-Martin, écluses des Récollets, écluses des Morts, écluses du Temple; pont tournant de la Grange-aux-Belles; footbridges: passerelle du Temple, passerelle Hôtel du Nord, passerelle de la Grange-aux-Belles, passerelle Bichat, passerelle des Douanes; parks: jardin Villemin & square Frédérick-Lemaître, and the renovations of the winter 2002–2001, by David Henry. Regardez cette page en français…

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Bassin des Récollets, looking south down canal Saint-Martin.

A nocturnal panorama of canal Saint-Martin

 La passerelle du Temple, a footbridge over the Canal Saint-Martin in a snowstorm, seen from quai de Jemmapes. Built in 1860 next to square Frédérick-Lemaître, the passerelle des Douanes is the oldest bridge over the canal.

Passerelle de la Douane under the falling snow
Taken in the park along side the écluses des Récollets.

Bassin des Récollets and the canal Saint-Martin

 Reflections on the water surface of Canal Saint-Martin, seen from quai de Valmy.

Reflections in the canal Saint-Martin
The canal is at its best on warm summer weekends, when Parisians of all ages come to stroll, picnic and fish.

People hanging out late at night along canal Saint-Martin on a summer evening

 A boat belonging to the city of Paris, moored on canal Saint-Martin, near place de Stalingrad.

A boat anchored beside quai de Jemmapes, canal Saint-Martin
Passerelle Richerand, a footbridge over the canal Saint-Martin, linking avenue Richerand and rue de Marseille, under the falling snow, seen from quai de Valmy.

Passerelle Richerand in a snow storm

 People linger on the bridges and watch while boats go through the locks.

The canal Saint-Martin by day
Stairs leading up to la Passerelle Bichat, which crosses le bassin des Récollets, upstream from les écluses des Récollets, next to jardin Villemin. The footbridge links quai de Jemmapes to quai de Valmy.

Passerelle Bichat: a bridge over canal Saint-Martin

 Canal Saint-Martin seen from Square Frédéric Lemaître, with its écluses du Temple and écluses des Récollets.

Canal Saint-Martin, seen from rue du Faubourg du Temple
A Canauxrama tourism boat passing the Pont tournant de la Grange-aux-Belles.

A Canauxrama boat heading north on the Canal Saint-Martin

 The intersection of rue de la Grange aux Belles and quai de Jemmapes seen from the footbridge that crosses canal Saint-Martin from quai de Valmy.

A view down from the steps of Passerelle de la Grange-aux-Belles
Les Écluses (locks) du Temple, numbers 7 and 8, viewed from passerelle (footbridge) Hôtel du Nord.

Canal Saint-Martin under renovation

 The view south from les écluses Saint-Martin.

Bassin des Récollets emptied for renovations
Here the renovations are approaching their finish, for a while the valve-gates were completely removed while being refurbished.

The basin between two sets of locks at the écluses des Morts

 Canal Saint-Martin seen from rue Louis Blanc, looking north towards place de Stalingrad.

Canal Saint-Martin and the «écluses des Morts»
Waterside entertainment next to canal Saint-Martin.

Open air and live music along quai de Jemmappes

 An outmoded, but picturesque shipping route.

In between locks in the canal Saint-Martin
A 19th century shipping canal becomes a tourist attraction.

Approaching another level of the canal Saint-Martin

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