{"id":626,"date":"2018-12-23T17:25:48","date_gmt":"2018-12-23T16:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southbaltic-tourist.eu\/?page_id=626"},"modified":"2019-08-17T18:53:53","modified_gmt":"2019-08-17T16:53:53","slug":"11-elblag-canal-ship-excursion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sbt.ug.edu.pl\/pl\/routes\/wildlife-nature-trails-folkuniversitetet-sweden\/11-elblag-canal-ship-excursion\/","title":{"rendered":"11. Elbl\u0105g Canal Ship Excursion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>LOCATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Elbl\u0105g Canal, located in northern Poland in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, runs southward from Lake Dru\u017cno, connected by the river Elbl\u0105g to the Vistula Lagoon, to the river Drw\u0119ca and lake Jeziorak.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UNIQUE CRUISE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is one of the two sites in the world where ships can sail over grass and up a hill using a system of inclined ramps. This is the only one site in the world where the original 19th century machinery is still in use. Full cruise from Ostr\u00f3da to Elbl\u0105g takes up to 11 hours and this section has about 82 km. Thanks to the five inclined ramps (Buczyniec, Ca\u0142uny, Jelenie, K\u0105ty, Ole\u015bnica) and two locks (Mi\u0142omyn and Zielona) a ship can be raised the 104 m of difference in the level of the lake waters. During this journey you can admire astonishing view presenting a colourful nature. This opportunity is used by about 40 thousand of tourists each year. Elbl\u0105g Canal is fascinating relic, which in 2011 was announced as an official historic monument. The Canal is 151 years old but still, due to the project of Prussian engineer Georg Jacob Stenke, works irreproachable.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ATTRACTIONS <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The canal is a combination of nature and machinery. The 9,6 km between Piniewski and Druzno Lake is the most distinctive section. In this site boats are pulled and lowered 99,5 m on rails 2,3 km long. The biggest achievement is the fact that no electricity or fuel is needed to that, power of the water falling on a huge wheel is enough. Inclined ramps are not the only attractions of Elbl\u0105g Canal. In this attraction we can find also four lock-chambers, weirs, reduced channel and security gates. Between Mi\u0142om\u0142yn and Jeziorak Lake and 1,5 m under the surface is mounded 485 m length dike in which canal is dug up.<\/p>\n<p>It is shame to forget binoculars and camera because Elbl\u0105g Canal has many great views as well. Beginning early morning in Elbl\u0105g you can see up to 200 different types of birds, especially at Lake Druzno you can find wealth of waterfowl &#8211; herons, grebes, coots and swans. During the cruise you can spot a memorial obelisk, which was set to honour the architect George Jacob Steenke. Besides of regular cruises you can rent boats to organize banquets, conferences, integration meetings, school or firm tours and even have a party on a board. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOCATION Elbl\u0105g Canal, located in northern Poland in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, runs southward from Lake Dru\u017cno, connected by the river Elbl\u0105g to the Vistula Lagoon, to the river Drw\u0119ca and lake Jeziorak. UNIQUE CRUISE It is one of the two sites in the world where ships can sail over grass and up a hill using a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":488,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"categories":[34,12,30],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbt.ug.edu.pl\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/626"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbt.ug.edu.pl\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbt.ug.edu.pl\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbt.ug.edu.pl\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbt.ug.edu.pl\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=626"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sbt.ug.edu.pl\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4537,"href":"https:\/\/sbt.ug.edu.pl\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/626\/revisions\/4537"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbt.ug.edu.pl\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbt.ug.edu.pl\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbt.ug.edu.pl\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbt.ug.edu.pl\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}