Augustow Canal

The Augustow Canal is a cross-border canal constructed by the Kingdom of Poland withinside the nineteenth century. From the time it was first constructed, the canal became defined by specialists as a technological marvel, with several sluices contributing to its aesthetic appeal.

The canal represents a synthetic waterway connecting the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea. It is one of the world's pinnacle 3 canals on par with the Gota Canal in Sweden and the Caledonian Canal withinside the UK. Visitors can see particular hydraulic engineering installations there. They can use the canal to tour on a motorboat or a kayak to look at picturesque and environmentally pristine places. The canal crosses the Augustow Forest, that's once in a while referred to as the green lungs of Europe.

As a transboundary Belarusian-Polish installation, the Augustow Canal has been covered in the tentative UNESCO World Heritage List.

Location: Belarus-Poland transboundary zone, Grodno District