The Penfeld is a 16 km French coastal river. The town of Brest, in Finistère, has grown up on its left bank. Its source is in the town of Gouesnou. It then passes through Bohars and Guilers before it flows out into the roadstead of Brest. The Penfeld runs along the former course of the river Aulne, shifted to the west by the opening of the goulet of th…The Penfeld is a 16 km French coastal river. The town of Brest, in Finistère, has grown up on its left bank. Its source is in the town of Gouesnou. It then passes through Bohars and Guilers before it flows out into the roadstead of Brest. The Penfeld runs along the former course of the river Aulne, shifted to the west by the opening of the goulet of the roadstead of Brest by the interglacial periods of the Quaternary Era. That explains its depth, which allows deep-draught ships to go quite a way upstream, with tides running up it up to 8 m deep.
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