The Saimaa Canal (Finnish: Saimaan kanava) is a shipping canal between Lake Saimaa in Finland and the Vyborg Bay in Russia. It was opened in 1856 and renovated in 1963–1968.
- Categories: Environmental Issues
- Location: Leningrad region, Russia
- Event date: 11.06.1978
- Date published: 11.04.2025
- Author: Tatyana Kuznetsova
- Credit: Sputnik
- Original: dp78-3960, 35 mm slide
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