Beatrix Canal

Beatrix Canal
Interactive map of Beatrix Canal
Specifications
Maximum height AMSL	49 ft (15 m)
Status	Open
History
Construction began	1930
Date of first use	1940
Date completed	1939
Geography
Start point	Wilhelmina Canal near Best, Netherlands
End point	Eindhoven, Netherlands
Branch	Discharge Canal
Branch of	Wilhelmina Canal

The Beatrix Canal (Dutch: Beatrixkanaal) is an 8.4 km long canal in the southern Netherlands.¹ It was constructed to provide the city of Eindhoven with access to the Wilhelmina Canal.

In order to be able to regulate the level of the Gender and Dommel streams, which regularly threatened to flood Eindhoven's inner city, an additional Discharge Canal (Afwateringskanaal), which is not open to navigation, was dug to connect the Beatrix Canal and the Dommel stream. Into this branch, the Gender now discharges.

Upon completion, the canal was named in honour of the newborn eldest daughter of the heir presumptive to the Dutch throne, Princess Beatrix.