When A Parisian Canal Aged Two-Hundred Years Was Drained, No One Could Believe What Was In There

Published on 04/08/2021
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Aquatic Rescue

The drainage process was proceeding smoothly and the workers managed to now reduce the canal’s water level to 20 inches high. It was now time to speedily rescue all the fish as their home was being essentially destroyed. This monumental process took three days, where a large river’s worth of bream, carp, and trout was relocated. These fish would be moved to a distant part of the river that fed the Canal Saint-Martin, becoming one of the biggest efforts in conservation that the city had ever seen.

Aquatic Rescue

Aquatic Rescue

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Dreaming Of Swimming

After learning how polluted and downright repellant this canal was, few people would ever even think of willingly entering the Canal Saint-Martin. But this notion was what the city’s leaders would use to try and convince people not to dump their garbage into the canal. MailOnline interviewed one of these authorities, called Calia Blauel, who claimed that swimming in the canal could be possible in the near future if people respected the canal. Was the deputy mayor being too optimistic?

Dreaming Of Swimming

Dreaming Of Swimming

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