Chenal du Four

{{Short description|Channel in France}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}

{{Coord|48.359671|-4.816132|display=title}}

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The Chenal du Four is a waterway off the coast of Brittany in north-western France, in the area of Porspoder, between Pointe Saint-Mathieu and the Island of Béniguet.{{cite web

| title = Chenal Du Four

| url = http://www.sailingalmanac.com/Almanac/Navigation/chenaldufour.html

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130614000803/http://www.sailingalmanac.com/Almanac/Navigation/chenaldufour.html

| url-status = dead

| archive-date = 14 June 2013

| website = Sailing Almanac

| accessdate = 15 September 2017

}} It is marked by six lighthouses including the Saint-Mathieu Lighthouse and the Kermorvan Lighthouse.{{cite book

| last1 = Towler

| first1 = Towler

| last2 = Fishwick

| first2 = Mark

| title = Reeds Nautical Almanac 2018

| date = 24 August 2017

| publisher = Bloomsbury Publishing

| isbn = 978-1-4729-4801-4

| page = 872

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=4UsxDwAAQBAJ

| accessdate = 15 September 2017

}} The passage maintains a depth of at least {{convert|25|ft}} at low tide, and is the usual path taken by yachts sailing between the English Channel with the western coast of France.{{cite book

| title = H.O. Pub, Issue 132

| date = 1917

| publisher = United States Hydrographic Office

| pages = 61–4

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=V3kPAQAAIAAJ

| accessdate = 15 September 2017

}}{{cite book

| last1 = Reeve-Fowkes

| first1 = Michael

| title = Yachtsman's Manual of Tides

| date = 2007

| publisher = A&C Black

| isbn = 978-0-7136-8290-8

| page = 173

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=O1HCAwAAQBAJ

| accessdate = 15 September 2017

}}

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Category:Bodies of water of France

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