Spetsnäs Canal

This canal was blown as a shortcut to lake Viken in 1824, two years after the western section of Göta Canal was finished. This shortcut saves the sailors three nautical miles, as they don't have to go around Spetsnäsat.


Spetsnäs Canal © Picture by Bosse Arnholm, 1977	Spetsnäs Canal © Picture by Ingemar Nordlund, 1979	Spetsnäs Canal © Picture by Olle Sewerin, 2001


In the middle of the canal	Leaving the canal


Leading wall at the eastern entrance	The eastern entrance	Going west in the canal


View into the canal from the western entrance	The leading wall into lake Viken	The canal seen from Viken

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