Between Memory and Water—I. McMillan

            Pine trees on both banks and clear turquoise waters define the picturesque view over the west end of the “Kassandra Canal.” It separates Kassandra peninsula from the rest of Chalkidikē (Chalcidicē), Greece. The canal is 1,250 m (0.78 mi) long and 40 m (131 ft) wide. It unites Torōnaeos and Thermaic Gulfs.

Cassander was king of the Hellenic kingdom of Macedon (305 – 297 BC) and the de facto ruler of Southern Greece from 317 BC onwards. He was one of Alexander the Great’s rival successors. He founded the city of Thessalonikē and probably had the Kassandra Canal dug in c.315 BC.

The Kassandra peninsula bore the names Pallēnē & Phlegra during Hellenic antiquity. The Roman colony of Cassandreia was formed in 43 BC at the site of ancient Potidaea. Byzantine emperor Justinian I had a fortifying wall built at the canal’s South bank after the destruction caused by the Huns (539–540 AD). The peninsula came under Venetian control in 1423, then was captured by Ottomans in c.1430. It was burnt down from edge to edge by Turks during the 1821 Independence War. It was liberated in 1912.

The photogenic scenery blends quite well with the Yorkshire poet’s inspiring verses:

“The canal tells you stories
The canal sings you songs
They hang in that space
Between memory and water…”

—Ian McMillan (Canal Life)
   

Taken on: February 16, 2019

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