Canadian Memorial – Canadian Memorial loop from Givenchy-en-Gohelle

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Canadian Memorial – Canadian Memorial loop from Givenchy-en-Gohelle

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Canadian Memorial – Canadian Memorial loop from Givenchy-en-Gohelle

02:40

10.1km

100m

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Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 3, 2026

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74 m

Canadian National Vimy Memorial

Highlight • Monument

The Canadian Vimy Memorial dominates the surrounding area with its two white towers. Nearby, in Thélus, the Canadian cemetery and the monument in honor of the Canadian artillery are installed …

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102 m

Moroccan monument

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Before the Canadians captured Vimy Ridge from the Germans in April 1917, other soldiers had already set foot there but were unable to hold their ground due to a lack …

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226 m

Canadian National Vimy Memorial

Highlight (Segment) • Monument

The Vimy Memorial is the most prestigious Canadian monument in Europe. It is located on the very site of the 1917 fighting near Vimy in the Pas-de-Calais region of France. …

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1.50 km

Forêt Domaniale de Vimy

Forest

5.06 km

German trenches

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A time machine that takes you back to the First World War. The proximity of the Canadian trenches to the German lines is sobering.

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5.22 km

Be sure to visit these trenches. Walk through these trenches and then visit the German lines. The fact that so many men died for such insignificant and at the same time extremely symbolic territories is sobering.

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5.46 km

Canadian National Vimy Memorial Visitor Centre

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Located right next to the monument, the historical interpretation center presents the Battle of Vimy Ridge in two ways.
First, you can discover an exhibition with diagrams, photographs, maps, and …

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5.76 km