Champagne-Burgundy Canal

The Canal entre Champagne et Bourgogne (French pronunciation: [kanal ɑ̃tʁ ʃɑ̃paɲ e buʁɡɔɲ], literally Canal between Champagne and Burgundy), previously named Canal de la Marne à la Saône (French pronunciation: [kanal də la maʁn a la son], literally Canal of the Marne to the Saône), is a canal in north-eastern France connecting the towns of Vitry-le-François and Maxilly-sur-Saône.

[1] It is a summit level canal of Freycinet dimensions connecting the Marne and the Saône.

The canal is fed by four reservoirs designed for that purpose: lac de Charmes [fr], Lac de la Liez [fr], lac de la Mouche [fr], and Lac de la Vingeanne The canal was recently renamed "Canal entre Champagne et Bourgogne" for the purpose of promoting tourism, but barge skippers often call it the "canal d'Heuilley".

This is in reference to Heuilley-sur-Saône, the name of the lock and lock-cut on the Petite-Saône which the canal joins, although the actual junction lies within the neighbouring commune Maxilly-sur-Saône.

It is a standard process among bargemen to name the canal after the location where it starts.