Downstream of this were several more, including the Canal de Meaux à Chalifert, the Canal de Chelles, and the Canal de Saint-Maurice which ended at Charenton-le-Pont near the Marne's confluence with the Seine. Furthermore, a portion of the Canal de l'Ourcq also runs parallel and quite close to the Marne before swinging away to enter Paris from the north; at one time the two were linked by a "tub-boat" inclined plane near Meaux. Departments and main towns crossed Haute-Marne (52): Langres, Chaumont, Saint-Dizier (confluence with the Blaise); Marne (51): Vitry-le-François (confluence with the Saulx), Châlons-en-Champagne, Épernay; Aisne (02): Château-Thierry; Seine-et-Marne (77): Mary (confluence with the Ourcq), Meaux (confluence with the Grand Morin), Précy, Annet (confluence with the Beuvronne), Thorigny, Lagny, Saint-Thibault-des-Vignes, Torcy, Noisiel, Chelles; Seine-Saint-Denis (93): Neuilly, Noisy-le-Grand, Gournay, Neuilly-Plaisance; Val-de-Marne (94): Alfortville, Nogent, Créteil, Charenton-le-Pont, Champigny, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Joinville-le-Pont, Saint-Maurice, Bry, Le Perreux. Artistic depictions During the 19th and 20th centuries the Marne inspired many painters, among whom were: Camille Corot; Paul Cézanne; Pierre Emmanuel Damoye; Camille Pissarro; Henri Rousseau, known as "Le Douanier Rousseau"; Albert Marquet; Raoul Dufy; André Dunoyer de Ségonzac; Louis Vuillermoz; Maurice Boitel; Daniel du Janerand. References External links River Marne navigation guide with maps and details of places, ports and moorings on the river, by the author of Inland Waterways of France, 8th ed., 2010, publ. Imray Navigation details for 80 French rivers and canals (French waterways website section) Rivers of France Rivers of Aisne Rivers of Haute-Marne Rivers of Marne (department) Rivers of Seine-et-Marne Rivers of Seine-Saint-Denis Rivers of Val-de-Marne Rivers of Grand Est Rivers of Île-de-France Rivers of Hauts-de-France