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	Finnish Maritime Administration (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The importance of the Saimaa Lake District significantly increased in 1968 when it was reconnected with the Gulf of Finland through the Saimaa Canal, and 4.2m deep channels were dredged in the lake.
		The length of the Finnish section of the Saimaa Canal is 23.3 km.
		The total head from Lake Saimaa to the Gulf of Finland is, on the average, 75.7m, and there are eight locks with heads varying from 5.5 to 12.7m.
	www.fma.fi /e/leisure/canals/saimaa.php (556 words)

	.: Cantus Saimaa \| a chamberchoir from Lappeenranta, Finland :.
		Cantus Saimaa is a mixed chamber choir from Lappeenranta, Finland.
		The director and the founder of chamber choir Cantus Saimaa is Toomas Kapten, the professor of choir and orchestra conducting from Estonia.
		Cantus Saimaa (Ortodoksinen seurakuntasali, The Castle of Lappeenranta)
	www.lut.fi /~karandas/cantussaimaa_eng.html (681 words)

	SCS: Ringed Seal (Phoca hispida)
		The most serious threat to the Saimaa seal is now from subsistence fishing, and there has been a significant mortality of seals, especially of juveniles, due to entanglement and drowning in fishing nets and traps.
		Saimaa seals are solitary animals and are usually found hauled out alone or in pairs along shorelines.
		Underwater visibility in Lake Saimaa is very poor due to high concentrations of humus, in some areas visibility being as low as 2m, and the seals tend to feed on fish in total darkness.
	www.pinnipeds.org /species/ringed.htm (3005 words)

	Logistics - Saimaa Lines - Compiler Trade Portal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Today Saimaa Lines is a modern full service logistics house which provides comprehensive and constantly updated solutions to wide variety of international clients.
		Saimaa Lines is able to offer a wide range of tailor made trucking solutions, specifically designed to meet each customer´s unique requirements.
		Saimaa Lines has paid particular attention to developing cargo-handling management systems as an essential part of a well-designed logistic process: Our warehouse management system provides clients real time information, with respective extranet service via internet, and enables the customers to make online bookings according to their specific requirements.
	www.compiler.fi /tradestation/finland/companyinfo/logistics11.html (471 words)

	SAIMAA — Finland's largest lake — Virtual Finland
		Saimaa was created by the continental ice sheet in the Ice Age.
		Note: ‘Saimaa’ is used here to refer to the Saimaa basin, the central area of the Saimaa lake system or drainage region, consisting of several interconnected lakes of which Lake Saimaa proper, the principal lake in the system, is one.
		Lake Saimaa, the Saimaa canal and the surrounding countryside in eastern Finland were popular locations for holidays as long ago as the 19th century.
	virtual.finland.fi /finfo/english/saimaa/index.html (410 words)

	KARELTRANS (News)
		Saimaa Lines was established in 1968 by Finland and the USSR but it became a privately and Finnish-owned company in the 1990s.
		Oy Saimaa Lines Ltd. will be an important and experienced operator in the road, maritime and rail transport between Russia and Finland.
		Next to the Saimaa Channel, at Mustola, the company has its own full-service customs terminal that will be able to meet all the road, maritime and rail transport needs of both Finnish and foreign customers.
	www.kareltrans.fi /news.en.html (789 words)

	Metsähallitus - Saimaa Ringed Seal (Phoca hispida saimensis)
		The Saimaa Ringed Seal is one of the most threatened seals in the world.
		The Saimaa Ringed Seal (Phoca hispida saimensis) is subspecies of the ringed seal.
		In harmony with the Habitats Directive of the European Union, Finland is committed to the protection of the Saimaa Ringed Seal.
	www.metsa.fi /natural/species/seal/first.htm (263 words)

	Pravda.RU:Finns want to extend term of lease on Russian section of Saimaa canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Russia is proposing that Finland import timber along the Saimaa canal from the port of Ust Luga in the Gulf of Finland.
		During the negotiations, the two sides are expected to agree on the term of the lease, the cost, the shipping schedule and the level of investment in the canal.
		The Saimaa canal connects the Gulf of Finland with the Saimaa lake area.
	english.pravda.ru /world/2003/06/14/48215_.html (302 words)

	Saimaa Jazz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This year Saimaa Jazz is offering its audience high quality Finnish jazz, the focus being on new jazz.
		Saimaa Jazz is a traditional event, which takes place for the sixth time in the Mikkeli harbour.
		Saimaa Jazz is organized by Oxa Restaurants and Uncle Bop together with the cooperation partners..
	www.saimaajazz.com /eng/index.php (289 words)

	Finnish Maritime Administration (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The highest permissible speed in the channel of the Saimaa Canal is 9 km/h for vessels with a draught exceeding 3.9m.
		An atlas of Lake Saimaa and the Saimaa Canal is published by the Finnish Maritime Administration.
		The chart sheets are in the scale of 1:40 000 and the charts of the area between Vyborg and Lake Saimaa are in the scale of 1:10 000.
	www.fma.fi /e/leisure/canals/saimaa.php?page=saimaa_liikennointi (808 words)

	the Saimaa maze of lakes - Saimaa lakes, sailing opportunities in Finland
		The coast line of the Saimaa system is 15 thousands kilometers, the maximum depth of the lakes –; 82 meters.
		It was created as a result of the melting of the continental ice cover during the last ice period; the kilometer-thick ice melted, creating an area rising to 67 meters above sea level and full of basins which filled up with water.
		The waters of the Saimaa system travel slowly from north to south, then head south-east through the Vouksi river, cross the border with Russia and end up in the Ladoga lake –; the biggest lake in Europe.
	www.port21.pl /article_1111.html (419 words)

	endangered animals - introduction
		Saimaa ringed seal is the most endangered seal in the world; it lives near extinction here.
		The protection of Saimaa ringed seal began at the beginning of 1980's when the population decreased very quickly because of the contamination of the environment.
		Saimaa zeehond is de meest bedreigde diersoort in de wereld; het is bijna uitgestorven.
	www.tenan.vuurwerk.nl /reports/yliharma/ringseal.htm (471 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Saimaa Lines, founded in 1968, is a pioneer in freight transportation between Finland and Russia.
		As far as transit, transport and forwarding operations to Russia and the CIS are concerned, we are confident to say that we already were there, where others had only planned to go.
		During the year 2004 the turnover of Saimaa Lines Group was 52 MEur and it employed over 200 professionals to develop and maintain high quality logistics services for our customers.
	www.saimaalines.fi /DOMINAR/show.php?&COMP=saimaa&SRCID=saimaa,1101,main (167 words)

	Saimaa ringed seal — Virtual Finland
		The Saimaa ringed seal (Phoca hispida saimensis) is a subspecies of the ringed seal and exists only in the Saimaa lake system of eastern Finland.
		At present, Saimaa ringed seals are found in special national parks that have been set up at Linnansaari and Kolovesi in Lake Saimaa.
		As already mentioned, the Saimaa ringed seal makes its lair on the ice quite close to the shore and makes a hole in the ice in the floor of the lair so that it can slide into the water.
	virtual.finland.fi /finfo/english/nature/seal.html (1882 words)

	Maritime Administration of the Ports o Vyborg ad Vysotsk — Vyborg — Saimaa Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The importance of the waterways of the Saimaa Lake District was significantly enhanced in 1968 when they were again connected with the Gulf of Finland through the Saimaa Canal and when so-called the deep channels were dredged in Lake Saimaa.
		The sphere of influence of the Saimaa waterways system is one third of Southern Finland, whose industry is an important factor in Finnish economy.
		The passage depth permitted in the channel departing for the Saimaa Canal is 4.35 m, calculated from the water level of MW - 0.25 m.
	www.pgf.ru /about_c_6_en.htm (662 words)

	Encyclopedia: Saimaa Canal
		It connects the lake Saimaa with the Gulf of Finland.
		A Picture of Saimaa Saimaa, or Saimen in Swedish, is a lake in southeastern Finland.
		The Baltic Sea The Gulf of Finland is an arm of the Baltic Sea that extends between Finland (to the north) and Estonia (to the south) all the way to the city of Saint Petersburg in Russia, where the river Neva drains into it.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Saimaa-Canal (270 words)

	Sealink-usa.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Saimaa Lines was established in January 2001 from the merger of Kareltrans and Saimaa Lines Logistics (SLL) to focus on the Finland/Russia trade lane, drawing on the experience that both Kareltrans and SLL have in Finnish and Russian traffic.
		A recent addition to the group was Saimaa Lines Maritime Ltd (SLM), a fully-owned subsidiary of Saimaa Lines Ltd, which concentrates on short-sea traffic and port agencies in all major Finnish ports as well as in St Petersburg in westernmost Russia.
		Saimaa Lines' terminals and container yards are fully-owned by the Saimaa group and are situated close to the border with Russia offering freight forwarding, transloading, trucking, bonded warehousing and distribution services as well as providing ships agency, chartering, stevedoring and container depot services at the port of Mustola.
	www.sealink-usa.com /ShowResource.asp?Resource_ID=8316 (381 words)

	What is Saimaa
		Saimaa is a labyrinthine watercourse whose waters flow slowly from north to south and finally through its outflow channel, the Vuoksi, southeast over the Russian border into Ladoga, Europe’s largest lake.
		The Saimaa drainage region covers most of the southern part of eastern Finland, a region about the size of Belgium, extending almost to Lake Oulujärvi in the north and just over the Russian border in the east.
		Ice more than a kilometre thick then covered the entire area; when it melted, Saimaa gradually emerged through various stages as a freshwater basin separate from the sea and about 76 metres above sea level.
	koulut.etela-karjala.fi /sammkoul/saimaa.htm (170 words)

	Saimaa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Saimaa, or Saimen in Swedish, is thelargest lake in Finland, and the fifth largestin Europe.
		The river Vuoksi flows from Saimaa to LakeLadoga.
		The Saimaa Canal fromLappeenranta to Vyborg binds Saimaa to the Gulf of Finland.
	www.therfcc.org /saimaa-182470.html (112 words)

	Man and nature - Nature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Saimaa area was then gradually revealed from under the glacier.
		fter the retriet of the ice sheet the Saimaa waterway flowed in the beginning towards west and later to the northwest.
		Grass was the first to grow in the area of Saimaa.
	www.internetix.ofw.fi /tutkimus/muinaistaide/kalliojumala/e-kalliojumala/e-luonto.htm (279 words)

	PhotoStories : World : Finland : Search for the Coastal Life (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		If not near the sea, Joutseno is located quite next to the Lake Saimaa.
		Saimaa is the fourth biggest lake in Europe, having surface of 4 400 square kilometers!
		However, Saimaa is more like a system of lakes and rives rather than a one big lake, having shoreline of incredible 148 850 kilometers.
	www.tilhi.com /photostories/finland/southcoast.html (1380 words)

	VTT Industrial Systems
		The largest one is the Saimaa Canal in the Vuoksi water system.
		Saimaa deep channel network is over 800 km long.
		Altogether the Saimaa channel network is made up of three types of public channels having the authorized draught of 4,2 m and 2,4 m.
	www.vtt.fi /tuo/34/services/inland_navigation.htm (314 words)

	News - Delay to Saimaa Canal Opening Costly - The St. Petersburg Times. General news from St.Petersburg and Russia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The opening of the shipping season on the Saimaa Canal did not occur as planned on April 6 because Russian customs had no checkpoint working, Finnish information agency STT reported Wednesday.
		The canal, which runs from Vyborg through a series of locks to Lappeenranta, is the main cargo shipping transit connection from the Baltic Sea to the lakes of Central Finland.
		If you are willing for your comment to be published as a letter to the editor, please supply your first name, last name and the city and country where you live.
	www.sptimes.ru /archive/times/1061/news/n_15430.htm (328 words)

	ARCHIPELAGOES - Gulf of Finland - Saimaa Canal
		The first attemps to construct the Saimaa Canal were made at the beginning of the 16th and 17th centuries.
		The construction of the present Saimaa Canal started in 1963 and it was made possible by the agreement between Finland and the Soviet Union, by which the Soviet Union leased the Soviet part of the Saimaa Canal to Finland for 50 years.
		The eight locks of the Saimaa Canal, five of them are in Russian territory, the personnel at the locks is Finnish.
	www.archipelago.nu /SKARGARD/ENGELSKA/GULF%20OF%20FINLAND/saimaa%20canal.htm (428 words)

	Puumalan kunta
		Puumala's 3000 km of shoreline and real archipelago with over 1000 islands attract summer residents, boaters as well as other holidaymakers to their summer paradise to enjoy the sparkling blue waters, peaceful country life and genuinely friendly services of the active little village.
		At the Gibraltar of Saimaa - the only passage between the southern and northern parts of the lake district - you will find a uniquely busy Lakeland guest harbour with a touch of Southern European atmosphere.
		The Saimaa Bridge, spanning the Puumalansalmi strait, is one of the longest bridges in Finland (4th position). It offers a breathtaking view over Saimaa lake and the village below.
	www.puumala.fi /english.htm (206 words)

	Yacht Charter Finland Saimaan Solmu boat rental agency (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Saimaa Lake District is the largest lake district in Europe.
		The Saimaa region covers most of the southern part of eastern Finland.
		The lake has two branches extending northward over 300 km from Lappeenranta on Lake Saimaa proper to Iisalmi on its western branch and Nurmes on its eastern branch.
	personal.inet.fi /palvelu/saimaan.solmu/engl.htm (306 words)

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