Varistaipale canal

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Varistaipale canal is a Finnish canal in Heinävesi. The canal is a part of Heinävesi route (Heinäveden reitti), a route with six canals: Kerma, Vihovuonne, Pilppa, Karvio, Taivallahti and Varistaipale canals. The canal was built in 1911–1913 and has four locks. It is the biggest canal in Finland and the only canal to have this many locks. It is also the deepest canal in the Nordic countries. The height of drop totals 14,5 meters and the length is 1,100 meters.

Next to the canal there is a canal museum.

[edit] See also

• Saimaa canal

[edit] Sources

• Site of Finnish Maritime Administration, Varistaipale canal, in Finnish
• Heinäveden historia II (The History of Heinävesi II), 1989.