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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Saimaa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Saimaa, or Saimen in Swedish, is a lake in southeastern Finland.
		Saimaa Canal (Finnish: Saimaan kanava, Swedish: Saima kanal) is a canal in a system of 120 interconnected lakes in the south-central and south-east part of Finland.
		The Saimaa Canal from Lappeenranta to Vyborg binds Saimaa to the Gulf of Finland.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Saimaa (1077 words)

	SAIMAA — Finland's largest lake — Virtual Finland
		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.
		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 (405 words)

	Canal - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Canals are so deeply identified with Venice that many canal cities have been nicknamed "the Venice of..." The city is built on marshy islands, with wooden piles supporting the buildings, so that here it is not so much the waterways which are man-made, as the land.
		In Europe and then in the young United States, inland canals preceded the development of railroads during the earliest phase of the Industrial Revolution; some canals were later drained and used as railroad rights-of-way.
		Canals have found another use in the 21st century, as wayleaves for fibre optic telecommunications networks.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Canal (676 words)

	Saimaa Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Saimaa Canal (Finnish: Saimaan kanava, Swedish: Saima kanal) connects the lake Saimaa with the Gulf of Finland.
		The canal, inaugurated in 1856, was built between the Finnish cities of Lappeenranta and Vyborg (Viipuri).
		A system of inland waterways and canals in the 120 interconnected lakes of the south-central and south-east part of Finland are reached through the canal.
	www.punweb.com /article/Saimaa_Canal (180 words)

	Finnish Maritime Administration
		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 maximum authorised draught in the channel departing for the Saimaa Canal is 4.35m, calculated from the MW - 0.25m.
		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 (556 words)

	South Karelia Museums - Saimaa Canal Museum
		The Saimaa Canal Museum is open during the summer, and by prior arrangement.
		An entire section is devoted to the construction of the canal, from the 17th century Pontus Canal to the present-day Saimaa Canal.
		The summer 2002 saw the opening of the museum’s canal towpath and nature trail which invite the visitor to explore the wild flowers growing along the canal and admire the beautiful flower arrangements planted by the canal officials.
	www.ekarjala.fi /museot/eng/lappeenranta/saimaan_kanavamuseo.html (399 words)

	Saimaa Sailing boat yacht transport / Vessel yacht transport service / yacht management (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The Saimaa Canal is an important waterway connecting the Saimaa lake system with the sea.
		The drop from Lake Saimaa to the sea level totals 75,6 m a difference, which is levelled by eight locks in the canal.
		The lenght of the canal is 42,9 km, divided by the border: on the Finnish side 23,3 km with 3 locks, and on the Russian side 19,6 km with 5 locks.
	www.saimaasailing.fi /webpages/Transportation.htm (169 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal
		The Saimaa Canal (; ;) is a transportation canal that connects lake Saimaa with the Gulf of Finland near Vyborg, Russia.
		The canal was built from 1845 to 1856 and opened on September 7, 1856 (August 26 OS).
		The canal, inaugurated in 1856, was built between the cities of Lappeenranta and Viipuri (now Vyborg, Russia), both of them then in the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland in Russian Empire.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Saimaa_Canal (381 words)

	The International Canal Monuments List - Part IIa - Individual Structures
		A feature developed on French canals in the 17th century was the ground paddle, or sluice built into the stonework of the lock, which controlled the flow of water from the upper to the lower level.
		The Canal de Briare (France) of 1642 was also supplied from existing water supplies, but the water supply to the Canal du Midi (1681) came from dams and water feeders built specifically for that purpose (see "Dams").
		The Canal du Midi was the largest civil-engineering enterprise of its time and by 1661 a large 9.15m (30ft) span aqueduct had been built on its line at Répudre.
	www.icomos.org /studies/canals2a.htm (11563 words)

	Canal Summary
		Although aqueducts were not popular with canal builders because of the problems posed by the weight of the water and the need to keep the aqueduct watertight, these structures were the ideal solution to certain kinds of problems.
		Canals are so deeply identified with Venice that many canal cities have been nicknamed "the Venice of..." The city is built on marshy islands, with wooden piles supporting the buildings, so that here it is not so much the waterways which are man-made, as the land.
		Canals have found another use in the 21st century, as wayleaves for fibre optic telecommunications networks.
	www.bookrags.com /Canal (2261 words)

	The St. Petersburg Times - News - Delay to Saimaa Canal Opening Costly
		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.
		Fifteen cargo ships, carrying 30,000 metric tons of freight were stuck in the canal by Wednesday afternoon.
	www.sptimes.ru /index.php?action_id=2&story_id=3280 (337 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.
		After WWII half of the Canal was in the territory of the Soviet Union and the water-route from Lake Saimaa to the sea was cut for over 20 years.
		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.
	www.archipelago.nu /SKARGARD/ENGELSKA/GULF%20OF%20FINLAND/saimaa%20canal.htm (428 words)

	Saimaa Canal, Finland
		Lappeenranta lies at the north end of the Saimaa Canal, the construction of which was planned by several Swedish kings but was carried out only in the reign of Tsar Alexander II and completed in 1856.
		Until 1944 it was wholly within Finnish territory, but in 1944 almost its whole length fell within the territory which Finland was compelled to cede to Russia and it was closed.
		In the 1960s, however, the Soviet Union leased the canal zone back to Finland, and the Finns then built a new canal on the old line, with modern locks.
	www.planetware.com /lappeenranta/saimaa-canal-sf-kym-saican.htm (136 words)

	Canal - Thagodz Wiki
		There are two main types of canals: irrigation canals, which are used for the delivery of water, and waterways, which are transportation canals used for passage of goods and people, often connected to (and sometimes connecting) existing lakes, rivers, or oceans.
		Canal estates are a form of subdivision popular in cities like Miami, Florida and the Gold Coast, Queensland; the Gold Coast has over 700 km of residential canals.
		Lowell, Massachusetts, considered to be "The Cradle of the American Industrial Revolution," has 6 miles of canals, built from around 1790 to 1850, that provided waterpower and a means of transportation for the city.
	www.thagodz.com /search/wiki/?title=Canal (843 words)

	HS Business & Finance 27.12.2001 - Cargo traffic in Saimaa Canal breaks records in 2001
		All prior traffic records were broken in the Saimaa Canal during the past season.
		The Saimaa Canal season lasts from April to January 20th at the latest - often the canal closes earlier due to cold weather.
		The worst enemy of the canal is winter, which inhibits sailing through the 43-kilometre canal for a part of each year.
	www2.hs.fi /english/archive/news.asp?id=20011227IE7 (402 words)

	Transportation in Finland by ship - by boat, lake traffic in Finland - official tourism and travel guide
		Lake Saimaa, the largest body of water in eastern Finland is connected by canal to Vyborg in Russia.
		Lappeenranta on Lake Saimaa is the starting point of the Saimaa canal, which runs from Finland to Russia, connecting the waters of Saimaa with the Gulf of Finland at Vyborg.
		The total length of the canal is 43 km, with 23.3 km in Finland and 19.6 km in Russia.
	www.visitfinland.com /w5/index.nsf/(pages)/Lakes_Saimaa_and_Pielinen?OpenDocument&np=C-20.20 (303 words)

	Pravda.RU:Finns want to extend term of lease on Russian section of Saimaa canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Russia is proposing that Finland import timber along the Saimaa canal from the port of Ust Luga in the Gulf of Finland.
		The Saimaa canal connects the Gulf of Finland with the Saimaa lake area.
		The canal is 42.9 kilometres long in total, 19.6 kilometres of which belong to Russia and are therefore leased.
	newsfromrussia.com /world/2003/06/14/48215_.html (302 words)

	Saimaa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Saimaa, or Saimen in Swedish, is the largest lake in Finland.
		The river Vuoksi flows from Saimaa to Lake Ladoga.
		Other canals bind Saimaa to smaller lakes in Eastern Finland and form a network of waterways.
	www.guajara.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/s/sa/saimaa.html (126 words)

	Virtual Globetrotting: Ship in Saimaa Canal
		Saimaa Canal (Finnish: Saimaan kanava, Swedish: Saima kanal) connects the lake Saimaa with the Gulf of Finland.
		The canal, inaugurated in 1856, was built between the Finnish cities of Lappeenranta and Vyborg (Viipuri).
		Dimensions of the locks in the canal and waterways is length 85m, breadth 13.2m.
	virtualglobetrotting.com /map/16827 (195 words)

	(GCH26G) The Saimaa Canal by ArPa
		The Saimaa Canal connects Lake Saimaa to the Gulf of Finland.
		In the beginning of last century the canal was made wider and later the sizes of the locks were also increased.
		And of course, you can also visit Saimaa Canal museum which is located in a former cashier's residence on the eastern side of the Mälkiä lock at Sulkuvartijankatu 16.
	www.geocaching.com /seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=252c5e08-226b-42d2-abbd-e5f154b6ce49 (446 words)

	World Champs 2005 - Saimaa Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The width of the Canal is 50 m and in the middle of the fairway the depth is 5,2 m.
		There are eight locks at the Canal, and the head of water between Saimaa and Baltic Sea is 76 m.
		During the locks being closed the streaming in the Canal is slow.
	www.vapaa-ajankalastaja.fi /angling/canal.htm (163 words)

	Saimaa Travel Net: Cruises to Vyborg via Saimaa Canal
		Construction of the canal began in the early 19th century and it was inaugurated in 1856.
		The canal was widened and deepened in the early 20th century when it proved to be too small for larger ships.
		The present canal is about 43km long, half of it in Finnish and the other half in Russian territory.
	www.saimaatravel.fi /eng/cruise5.php (129 words)

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		The length of the Finnish side of the Saimaa Canal is 23.3 km and the Russian side is 19.6 km and the total length 42.9 km.
		The total head from Lake Saimaa to the Gulf of Finland is, on the average, 75.7 m and there are eight locks with heads varying from 5.5 to 12.7 m.
		The highest permissible speed in the channel of the Saimaa Canal is 9 km/h for vessels with a draught exceeding 3.9 m.
	www.intrasea.org /database/db/co_finland.html (1113 words)

	Helsingin Sanomat - International Edition - Foreign
		The late 19th century: The Saimaa Canal underwent repairs and expansions, but this was not enough to accommodate the massive surge in traffic in the early 20th century.
		The route of the canal on the Soviet side followed the old one, but on the Finnish side the canal was almost completely rebuilt.
		The Finnish side of the canal is 23.3 kilometres long, and on the Russian side it is 19.6 kilometres.
	www.hs.fi /english/article/Saimaa+Canal+-+a+short+history/1135221586686 (581 words)

	Saimaa - Wikitravel
		Saimaa (Saimen in Swedish) is a lake in Southeastern in Finland.
		This canal was build to connect the Saimaa to the Baltic Sea at the dawn of industrialisation.
		The canal itself connects to the Bay of Finland, on Russian territory, close to Vyborg (Finn.
	wikitravel.org /en/Saimaa (332 words)

	Laiturilla -elämää Saimaan rannalla
		The dimensions of the steam barge adhered to the size of the lock chamber of Saimaa canal: the 31 x 7 x 2.4 m bluff bowed and sterned vessel was to fill the lock chamber as tightly as possible.
		The cargo capacity of a full-sized steam barge was 100-140 net register tons, and it was able to transport 370-570 cubic metres of timber or 600-700 stacked cubic meters of logs.
		Enterprises along Saimaa used the boats both for transporting raw wood to factories and manufactured goods to be sold.
	www.savonlinna.fi /museo/laiturilla%20englanti/tarsteamers.htm (345 words)

	Helsingin Sanomat - International Edition - Foreign
		The canal was due to be opened already last week, but an internal conflict between the Russian border officials and their Ministry of Transport postponed the opening.
		The Saimaa Canal, which crosses the border between Finland and Russia, is an important part of the Finnish transport infrastructure, particularly in facilitating the movement of timber and other goods to and from Finland.
		The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Transport and Communications Juhani Korpela, who is the Finnish official in charge of the canal, attended a meeting regarding an extension of the term of lease on the Saimaa Canal in Moscow on Thursday.
	www.hs.fi /english/article/Saimaa+Canal+finally+re-opens+after+weeks+delay/1101979152653 (340 words)

	Kristina Cruises - Cruise to St. Petersburg or visit other exciting
		Cruising along the Saimaa Canal will remind of not only the imperial summers, but also of the times of tar steams and rafting.
		Kristina Brahe sails through the Saimaa Archipelago and the unique scenery of the Lake Saimaa, where characteristic features are seals, sour milk, fish pie and the smell of a lakeshore sauna.
		The vessel is an excellent choice for a charter cruise, for example to the Saimaa area where she can sail up even to Kuopio or Joensuu.
	www.valhallatravel.com /kristina_KC01.html (921 words)

	PrÃ©sidence finlandaise de l’UE : Saimaan kanava 150 vuotta - juhlan yhteydessÃ¤ EU-VenÃ¤jÃ¤-kokous
		The Saimaa Canal anniversary celebrations are being arranged by Finland's Ministry of Transport and Communications, the Finnish Maritime Administration and the City of Lappeenranta.
		Finland and Russia are presently negotiating the continuation of the canal area lease agreement.
		The total length of the Saimaa Canal is 43 kilometres.
	www.eu2006.fi /news_and_documents/press_releases/vko36/fr_FR/167071/?textsize=4 (1279 words)

	Aleksanteri Institute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		A new, integrated history of the Saimaa canal will cover the canal's history up to the present.
		In addition, the canal's impact on the surrounding environment, particularly on Eastern Finland, as well as its impact on Finland's foreign relations will be included.
		The use of the canal and its significance in the last few years will be given special attention in the study.
	www.helsinki.fi /aleksanteri/english/projects/other/saimaan_kanava.htm (80 words)

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