It starts at the rear of the Lynn Industrial Estate and enters Lough Ennell about 2.1 km South of the Joe Dolan bridge, or 700 m South of the Lynn road bridge.
At the Lynn road bridge, there is good parking and it is easy to launch and recover a canoe or kayak.
The canal is easily navigable from here to Lough Ennell, and for some way northwards, but there is no easy access point nearer to Mullingar.
The Northern part of the canal is overgrown (heavily in places) but there is sufficient water depth throughout.
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