L’ascenseur A Bateaux des Fontinettes

A romantic boat-lift

If you are in the area and can find it (my GPS had its challenges), then stapping out of the car and seeing this old boat lift is worthwhile. Not as well maintained as those in Canal du Centre in Belg...

History worth the effort to find

This was really interesting as a must see attraction, you need to get into the history to appreciate the engineering behind the Boat Lift

Very dull

Now I know a boat lift may be a little bit of a dry subject. But a few huts and a crappy black and white video do not make an attraction. My advice? Give it a miss go for a beer, go to Wikipedia if yo...

Conservation of the best kind

At Fontinettes the canal meets the river, but there is a problem- the canal is at a higher level. Originally a flight of narrow locks took barges backward and forwards, but as traffic built up a more...

A rare piece of 19th century engineering

Do check opening times and remember many French attractions close for 2 hours over lunchtime. There are no facilities on or near the site for buying food, we had to travel further towards St Omer to f...