Belarus - Poland - The Augustów Canal (Kanal Augustowski)

"The area of the property encompasses the Augustów Canal together with buildings and hydraulic engineering structures and the area integral to them, necessary to the Canal operation, described as the conservation protection zone – in the territory of the Republic of Poland and the Republic of Belarus. Total length 101.20 km. The area covered by the property Pl=74.25 km² Bl=8.42 km² total 82,67 km²

The Augustów Canal is a cross-border monument of technology located in the territory of two states, in the north-eastern part of Poland and the north-western part of Belarus. It is a linear object. It is a navigable watershed canal, linking the Vistula River through the Biebrza River – a tributary of the Narew River, with the Neman River through its tributary – the Czarna Hancza River. It uses a postglacial channel depression, forming the chain of Augustów lakes, and the river valleys of the Biebrza, the Netta, the Czarna Hancza and the Neman, which made it possible to perfectly integrate the Canal with the surrounding elements of the natural environment."

Source: UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List


Postcard 1 - Belarus
Augustow Canal. Thanks to Yuli of Belarus.

Postcard 2 - Poland

Map postcard of Augustow Canal. Thanks to Radek of Czech Republic.