Port du Canal

Originally, this port was dug by settlers of the Compagnie Ouvrière de Colonisation des Landes de Gascogne, in order to build the dike that led to the Mestras bathing establishment, around 1850.
10 metres wide, it had a structure similar to a canal, hence its name.
With the development of fishing and oyster farming, it was transformed into a port with the construction of a dock and a hunting basin, allowing a permanent flow of water to avoid silting.
A second port to the west allowed the oyster farmers, at the same time as the creation of an important oyster farming complex, to be able to market their product in complete safety.