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The beautiful, well used waterway between the upper stream of Biebrza passing the town of Augustow and River Neman in Belarus


Augustowski Canal | Poland: Characteristics & Overview

Rating of waterway

Degree of difficulty:
Some experience is an advantage

Requirements:
no rating

Character of waterway:
back to nature, Waterway in reclusion

Profile of waterway:
Used by tourists only

Facilities groundside:
Sufficiant



Augustowski Canal | Poland: Tips & Detailed information

Wharfs, Marinas, Harbors, Facilities, Houseboat hirers, Restaurants and Shops.

Facts to this waterway:



Biebrza River | Poland, Nemunas / Memel




blank_pageThis canal was built for political reasons, in order to avoid the occupation of the estuary of the Weichsel by Prussia. Finally, the project of a second connection between Warsaw and the Baltic Sea failed because the tsarist regime rejected an authorisation for the last few kilometres. Today it’s used by a marginal amount of excursion boats but deserved to be rediscovered, already for the widely unspoiled surroundings.




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