The Ladoga Canal is a historical water transport route, now situated in Leningrad Oblast, linking the Neva and the Svir River so as to bypass the stormy waters of Lake Ladoga which lies immediately to the northwest. It is about 117 kilometres (73 mi) long and comprises two distinct but overgrown canals, Old Ladoga Canal and New Ladoga Canal, running in parallel from Sviritsa on the Svir through Novaya Ladoga on the Volkhov to Shlisselburg on the Neva.
Old Ladoga Canal
Lumber rafts on the Peter I Canal. Early 20th century picture by S. Prokudin-Gorsky
New Ladoga Canal overgrown with Phragmites australis
Sluice at Shlisselburg
Leningrad Oblast is a federal subject of Russia. The oblast has an area of 84,500 square kilometres (32,600 sq mi) and a population of 2,000,997 ; up from 1,716,868 recorded in the 2010 Census. Leningrad Oblast is highly industrialized. Its administrative center and largest city is Gatchina.
Monrepos Park in Vyborg
The Vuoksi in Priozersk
The Oredezh River near Siversky
The fortress in Staraya Ladoga