Le pont-canal, boulevard de l'eau

The Garonne and its canal punctuate this walk, which first follows the peaceful Garonne canal before crossing the river twice, on the canal bridge and then on the suspended footbridge. These remarkable structures show the ingenuity of man in settling on the banks of rivers and protecting himself from them, in order to cross them and to guarantee their navigability, digging a channel or even a canal in parallel to avoid both high and low water. The dykes where you will walk, the works that link the town of Le Passage to Agen, the Pont-de-Pierre whose first construction dates back to the beginning of the 19th century, the footbridge painstakingly built in 1841, restored at the beginning of this millennium, and the Pont-Canal, remarkable with its 23 stone arches and its 580 m length. Finally, the Garonne canal and its old canalet which allowed boats to reach the river.