Degree of difficulty:
For beginners (many locks)
Requirements:
no rating
Character of waterway:
no rating
Profile of waterway:
Used by tourists only
Facilities groundside:
Sufficiant
Wharfs, Marinas, Harbors, Facilities, Houseboat hirers, Restaurants and Shops.
Strömholms Kanal
makes a journey to the past of the Swedish industry possible; with old ironwork towns like Surahammar etc. The settlement of Ängelsberg with its well maintained foundries are even in the register of UNESCO memorials.
Headroom on this waterway is by 2 m only and, for the middle European skipper, it's a long way to go!
To the waters
To the country