En Route
The canal utilizes the following rivers, west to east:
- Aulne: ? to ?
- Hyeres (river): ? to ?
Break at Lake Guerlédan
- Oust: Redon to Rohan
- Vilaine: Rieux to ?
- Isac (river): ? to ?
- Erdre: Nantes to Quiheix 47°23′47″N 1°30′36″W / 47.39632°N 1.51011°W / 47.39632; -1.51011
- Loire
Total length on this current route is 337 km and 158 locks.
West to East Beginning in Brest on the canalized portion of the Aulne River for 51 km via 8 locks.
- PK 51 Roadstead of Brest Brest Harbor, Brest Bay
- PK 32.5 Aulne River
- PK 29 Landévennec
- PK 0 Châteaulin
Continuing on Aulne, now called Canal de Nantes à Brest(Ouest) (English: West) for 81 km via 45 locks.
- PK 0 Châteaulin
- PK 43.5 Chateauneuf-du-Faou
- PK 63 Maison du Canal
- PK 74 Port-de-Carhaix
- PK 81 Goariva
Lake Guerlédan halts the canal until Pontivy.
- PK 252.4 La Pitié It is 25.6 km (and 20 locks) to the dam.
- PK 226.8 Guerlédan Dam 48°11′41″N 3°01′04″W / 48.19464°N 3.01776°W / 48.19464; -3.01776 It is 20 km (and 12 locks) to Pontivy.
Canal de Nantes à Brest(Est) (English: East) Pontivy to Nantes 205 km via 105 locks
- PK 205.9 Pontivy. Canal de Nantes à Brest meets canalized Blavet.
- PK 191.3 Saint-Gonnery begins the 5 km summit level pond
- PK 182 Rohan
- PK 157.5 Josselin
- PK 132 Malestroit
- PK 95 Redon
- PK 50 Blain
- PK 42.5 La Chevallerais
- PK 21 Left turn onto the Erdre River at Nort-sur-Erdre
- PK 15 Suce-sur-Erdre
- PK 2 Nantes
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