the augustow canal became a tourist measure in 1909. walking tour took place up and down the riverbed. later, the horse trail opened. during the wars of the last century , the structure was badly damaged, but later it was reconstructed in 2004-2006 the belarusian section of the canal was restored by specialists restored the channel, which had not been used since the 1950s, and the collapsed sections ancient hydraulic structures today the augustow canal is a great place for active water recreation hiking and cycling tourism, unique natural beauty attracts thousands of guests here. the channel runs through the territory of the republican landscape reserve. grodno forest. this is not only one of the most ecologically clean places in belarus, but also the entire continent of eurasia, and in the heart of the reserve augustovskaya pushcha, one of the largest forest tracts in europe is located on the territory of three countries, this must be seen with your own eyes welcome to belarus all our projects are posted on the official website and you

when they talk about the augustow canal, they always add the word unique miracle of engineering, an ambitiouse 19th century, one of the largest canals in europe included in the provisional unesco world heritage list in the world there are only three similar canals in the uk kolidon canal gotha in sweden and avgustovsky located on the territory of belarus this is a truly unique object of its time in terms of the complexity of engineering solutions , the scale and of course the natural beauty of these places a waterway with a length of about 102 km . it starts from serva lake near the polish august and runs almost to the belarusian grodno artificial channel 45 km long connected 11 rivers and seven. idea the creation of the canal was born in the second half of the 18th century, and in 1824 the project of the august canal was approved by the emperor alexander; the construction took 15 years ; 29 culvert dams were built in 18 locks , 21 chambers 14 bridges an alloy of wood and goods, however, lying in the most beautiful places. the augustow canal became a tourist yardstick in 1909. the first walki