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

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