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. It connects the lake Saimaa with the Gulf of Finland. The canal, inaugurated in 1856, runs from Lappeenranta, Finland to Vyborg, Russia. The Canal du Midi in Toulouse, France Canals are man-made waterways, usually connecting existing lakes, rivers, or oceans. ... 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. ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Lappeenranta or Villmanstrand in Swedish is a city and municipality that resides on the shore of the lake Saimaa in South-Eastern Finland, about 30 km from the Russian border. ... Vyborg from the tower of the castle Vyborg (transcription of Russian Выборг , finnish Viipuri) is a town with 70,000 inhabitants at Russias border to Finland, on the Karelian Isthmus, close to Saint Petersburg. ...
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, Europes 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 Saimaacanal and the surrounding countryside in eastern Finland were popular locations for holidays as long ago as the 19th century.
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