The canalised River Aisne runs for 56 kilometres through seven locks from the Canal Latéral à L'Aisne at Celles-sur-Aisnes to L'Oise at Compiegne.
The canalised River Aisne is a large river and is part of the Aisne navigation that joins the Ardennes region down to Paris. When it was first canalised the freight was mainly stone for buildings in Paris. It is still used for freight traffic and the péniches carry up to 220 tonnes.
The locks, at 46m x 7.95m, are slightly larger than the Freycinet standard.
There is not a lot of leisure boating as there are very few services available but work is underway by VNF (Voies navigables de France) to improve the situation. For example there are nice new electricity and water points along the moorings in Soissons itself.
Écluse 3 - Fontenoy (1.95m)
Écluse 5 - Couloisy (0.67m)
Écluse 6 - Herant (1.34m)
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