The Bergse Maas has been formed in 1904, to divert the flow of the Meuse from the route now called Afgedamde Maas (Dammed Up Meuse). The latter is still connected to the Meuse through the Heusden Canal.
There is a car ferry, not operating on sundays, and a foot passenger ferry. [1] (http://www.voetveren.nl/p-pr-nbr.htm)
The Meuse (Dutch and German Maas) is a major European river, rising in France and flowing through Belgium and the Netherlands before draining into the North Sea.
The river divides near Heusden into the AfgedamdeMaas on the right and the Bergse Maas on the left.
The Bergse Maas continues via the Amer, and merges with the Nieuwe Merwede to the Hollands Diep, before finally flowing into the North Sea via the Haringvliet.