Key facts
- Length
- 80.5 miles (129.6 km)
- Date of first use
- 1939 ( 1939 )
- Start point
- Liège
- End point
- Antwerp
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- canal
- Named after
- Albert I of Belgium
- Country
- Belgium
- Elevation
- 64
- Image
- Hasselt - Albertkanaal.jpg
- Length
- 129.5
Show 9 more facts
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~4 min read
Encyclopedic overview
The canal in the city of Hasselt
The Albert Canal (Dutch: Albertkanaal, pronounced [ˈɑl.bərt.kaːˌnaːl]; French: Canal Albert, pronounced [kanal albɛʁ]) is a canal located in northeastern Belgium, which was named for King Albert I of Belgium. The Albert Canal connects Antwerp with Liège, and also the Meuse river with the Scheldt river. It also connects with the Dessel–Turnhout–Schoten Canal, and its total length is 129.5 kilometres (80.5 mi).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Albert Canal” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.