Saimaa canal
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Saimaa Canal 1934
Unique views from Saimaa canal 1934 with commentary added in 1960.
BACKGROUND: In the peace treaty after the Second World War part of the canal ended up on the Soviet side of the border and the canal was closed. A treaty in 1963 leased the Russian part of the canal area to Finland for fifty years. A new deeper canal was constructed by the Finns and it opened to traffic in 1968. The length of the canal itself is 42.9 km (26.7 miles).
Negotiations to extend the lease time beyond 2013 are presently underway between Finland and Russia...
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