Travel Guide Volga-Baltic Canal

After having bridged the Rybinsk lock in reverse direction then raised the tank following the south-north axis to its end, you will arrive at the beginning of the Volga-Baltic Canal.With a total length of 360 km, the Volga-Baltic Canal has been the longest canal in the world. This is true only in part because it consists of artificial waterways as well as natural waterways. Thus, the ship successively crosses the waters of Sheksna, White Lake, Kojva, the Canal of the Water Division and the Vytegra Canal. Officially opened for navigation in 1964 and named Lenin, it allows ships to link the northern Réserve reserve to the south of Ladoga Lake more quickly and easily. Indeed, the old Mariinskaïa system, dating from Pierre the Great, forced them to borrow many locks and canals, slowing the journey. Some of the 39 old wooden locks are visible during the journey, and some canals around the Onega, Ladoga and White lakes are still in time. However, despite its eight modern locks, its tanks, its dikes and bridges, the route on the canal remains extremely picturesque and offers passengers a constantly changing landscape.Tree forests occupy two thirds of the region, although this figure is decreasing because timber is one of the main economic resources. Many sawmills, menuiserie, and warehouses have settled and you will surely cross one of the barges transporting the wood. You will also see some small industrial towns, which are recognisable between all and in accordance with the idea that we are in the heart of Russia. Deciduous trees and conifers give a dark majesty and, what charm, that of those villages of the river, to warm wood houses! Will you see one of the many élans that inhabit the forest? In any case, you will enjoy the beautiful scenery of Kojva: Constantine rapids and flooded forests…Navigation on the Volga-Baltic Canal begins with the Sheksna canal of a length of 186 km itself consisting of a high part (52 km), a restraint (66 km) and a low part (68 km).This area derives its name from Finnish, a tributary covered with sedge, which is a very high grass present in the marshes and rivers.