Masurian Canal

Masurian Canal
The lock at Leśniewo with its Reichsadler recess
Specifications
Locks	10
Total rise	110.7 metres (363 ft)
Status	Abandoned
History
Date of act	14 May 1908
Construction began	April 1911
Geography
Start point	Łyna, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia
End point	Lake Mamry, Poland
Beginning coordinates	54°30′04″N 21°11′44″E / 54.5012°N 21.1955°E / 54.5012; 21.1955
Ending coordinates	54°11′28″N 21°39′09″E / 54.1910°N 21.6524°E / 54.1910; 21.6524
Route map Legend Łyna River Druzhba Lock 1 Druzhba Lock 2 Kostromino Lock Marinovka Lock Ozerki Lock Poland–Russia border Długopole Lock Bajory Lock Piaski Lock Lake Rydzówka Leśniewo Lower Lock Leśniewo Upper Lock Lake Mamry

The Masurian Canal (Polish: Kanał Mazurski,^[1] Russian: Мазурский Канал,^[2] German: Masurischer Kanal^[3]) is a 50.4-kilometre-long (31.3 mi) abandoned canal in Poland and Russia in Central Europe. Planned to connect Königsberg (Kaliningrad) and Mauersee (Lake Mamry) in Prussia, construction of the canal was paused for the World Wars and hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic, before being abandoned.