The Chérimont and Chatelaye ponds and the canal lock

The start and finish are almost at the end of Rue du Beuveroux, on a small gravel square next to a water pumping station.

(S/E) From the car park, take the path opposite the start of the street. Walk alongside a wetland area on your left, bordering the Ruisseau du Beuveroux. Continue along the path until you reach the pond.

(1) With the pond in front of you, turn right. If you walk a few metres into the copse on your right, you can see the slab marking ‘the Tonnet mine shaft’, also known as ‘shaft number 9’: this shaft is included in the Blanche Pierre route. Continue along this path, cross two streams that flow into the ponds and look out for a path on the left.

(2) Turn onto this path, marked with a Yellow Circle, and follow it to the next Fork in the road.

(3) Leave the marked trail and take a hairpin bend to the right, walk alongside several ponds and arrive at a three-way junction.

(4) Take the path that veers slightly to the right and runs alongside the D127, Chemin d’Étobon.

(5) Turn onto the path leading uphill opposite you, veering slightly to the left, and follow it north-westwards until you reach a track on the right between two clearings.

(6) Take this path, which descends towards the lock. Be careful, as the path is barely visible. When passing under the high-voltage power line, go straight on to rejoin the path that emerges near Étang Déchaudey.

(7) Turn left – but not before taking a quick look at the Beuveroux Lock – and carry on straight ahead to reach the junction from the outward journey.

(1) Carry on straight ahead to reach the small gravel area next to a water pumping station (S/E).

Possible shortcuts:
A – 3.7 km route with an elevation gain of approximately 72 m.
At point (3), continue to the left, then complete the route as described above.

B – Route of approximately 6 km (possible route but not verified).
At point (4), at the small three-way junction in the path, take the path leading off to the left. Go round the ponds and complete the route as described above.

C – Route of approximately 8 km (possible route but not officially approved).
At point (6), carry straight on, then complete the route as described above.

The Beuveroux Lock forms part of the Montbéliard to Haute-Saône Canal, built after the 1870 war. Construction was halted at the start of the First World War. It was never put into service.
See also the Canal route on Visorando.