Travel Guide Vytegra Canal (Канал Имени Вытегра)

To reach Lake Onega, ships take the Vytchegda Canal for 13 km, the last segment of the Volga-Baltic Canal. At this point, the narrowness and shallowness of the canal require the pilot's attention At km 893, between locks No. 1 and No. 2, there is the Vytchegda reservoir. The inhabitants of the neighbouring town of the same name were responsible for the transport of goods by land until the construction of the canal. In the 19th century the Mariinskaya system enabled it to become a prosperous port. The creation of the lock and power station in 1964 led to the flooding of the basin, including several locks of the Mariinskaya system.