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SCHELDT (Fr. Escaut, Flem. Schelde)

This article appears in Volume V24, Page 316 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: SAR-SCY
SCHELDT (Fr. Escaut, Flem. Schelde) , a river rising near Catelet in France, entering Belgium near Bleharies in Hainaut, and flowing past Tournai, Oudenarde,
Ghent
  and Termonde till it reaches Antwerp. Some distance below Antwerp, in front of the
island
  Beveland, where the river divides into two channels, respectively north and
south
  of the
island
 , both banks belong to Holland. Of the two channels named, the southern, which reaches the sea at Flushing, is the more important and is used for ocean commerce. The
Scheldt
  has a length of 250 m., of which, by a skilful arrangement of locks, not less than 207 M. are navigable. The
principal
  tributaries are the Lys and the Dender. By the treaty of Munster in 1648 the Dutch obtained the right to close the
Scheldt
  to navigation, and they clung tenaciously to it for over two centuries. In 1839 on the final dissolution of the kingdom of the
Netherlands
 , Holland gave definite form to this right by fixing the
toll
 , and by obtaining the assent of the powers to the arrangement which fettered the
trade
  of Antwerp. In 1863 after
long
  negotiations Belgium bought up this righteach of the powers interested in the
trade
  contributing its quotaaad the navigation of the Scheldt was then declared free.


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