Editing Göta Canal (section)

==Description==
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~~(m)~~ ~~[[Lock (water navigation)#rise|lock rise]]
uLSTR~~ ~~ ~~ ''[[Trollhätte canal]]'', ''[[Göta älv]]''
uDOCKS~~ ~~ ''[[Vänern]]''
uKRZuysw~~ ~~ ~~ {{Road marker simple|-|26|blue|white|- }}
uFGATEd~~2.9~~Sjötorp 1
uLock3~~4.8~~Sjötorp 2-3~~ ~~(double lock)
uLock3~~4.8~~Sjötorp 4-5~~ ~~(double lock)
uFGATEd~~2.4~~Sjötorp 6
uLock3~~4.6~~Sjötorp 7-8~~ ~~(double lock)
uAKRZusw ~~ ~~ ~~ {{Road marker simple|European route E20|E20|green|white|- }}
uFGATEd~~2.9~~Norrkvarn lower
uFGATEd~~2.9~~Norrkvarn upper
uLock3~~5.1~~[[Godhögen]]~~ ~~(double lock)
uSTAIRd~~7.5~~[[Riksberg]]~~ ~~(triple lock)
uLock3~~5.1~~Hajstorp lower~~ ~~(double lock)
uLock3~~5~~Hajstorp upper~~ ~~(double lock)
uFGATEd~~0.2~~[[Tåtorp]]
uDOCKS~~ ~~ ''[[Viken (lake)|Viken]]''~~ (canal's highest point– 91.8 [[Metres above sea level|m a.s.l.]]<ref name=maxsize/>)
uFGATEu~~3.3~~[[Forsvik]]
uKRZuysw~~ ~~ ~~ {{Road marker simple|-|49|blue|white|- }}
uDOCKS~~ ~~ ''[[Vättern]]''
uSKRZ-Yu ~~ ~~ ~~ {{Road marker simple|-|50|blue|white|- }}
uFGATEu~~0.1~~[[Motala]]
uLOCKSu~~15.3~~[[Borenshult]]~~ ~~(5 locks)
uDOCKS~~ ~~ ''[[Boren (Sweden)|Boren]]''
uFGATEu~~0.2~~[[Borensberg]]
uSKRZ-Yo ~~ ~~ ~~ {{Road marker simple|-|34|blue|white|- }} Kungs Norrby~~(aqueduct)
RP1q!~MSTR!~uSTRo  ~~ ~~ [[Ljungsbro]] ~~ ~~(aqueduct)
uLock5~~5.2~~Heda~~ ~~(double lock)
uLock5~~5.3~~Brunnby~~ ~~(double lock)
uLock5~~5.5~~Karl Ludvig Eugéns lock~~ ~~(double lock)
uLock5~~4.8~~Oscar lock in Berg~~ ~~(double lock)
uLOCKSu~~18.8~~Carl Johan lock~~ ~~(7 locks)
uDOCKS~~ ~~ ''[[Roxen (lake)|Roxen]]''
uFGATEu~~0.8~~[[Norsholm]]
uSKRZ-Au~~ ~~ ~~ {{Road marker simple|European route E4|E4|green|white|- }}
uFGATEu~~2.3~~[[Bråttom]]
uFGATEu~~3.2~~Hulta
uVGATE~~0~~ [[Klämman]]~~ ~~(open)
uLock5~~4.7~~Carlsborg upper ~~ ~~(double lock)
uLock5~~5.1~~Carlsborg lower ~~ ~~(double lock)
uFGATEu~~2.6~~Mariehov upper 
uFGATEu~~2.1~~Mariehov lower 
uFGATEu~~2.4~~Duvkullen upper 
uFGATEu~~2.3~~Duvkullen lower 
uAKRZusw~~ ~~ ~~ {{Road marker simple|European route E22|E22|green|white|- }}
uFGATEu~~2.4~~[[Söderköping]]
uFGATEu~~2.3~~[[Tegelbruket]]
uFGATEu~~3~~[[Mem Castle|Mem]]
uVEEf~~ ~~ ''[[Baltic Sea]]''
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These days the canal is primarily used as a tourist and recreational attraction. Around two million people visit the canal each year on pleasure cruises - either on their own boats or on one of the many cruise ships - and related activities.<ref name="svedin" /> The canal sometimes is ironically called the "divorce ditch" ({{langx|sv|skilsmässodiket}}) because of the troubles that inexperienced couples have to endure while trying to navigate the narrow canal and the many locks by themselves.<ref>{{cite book |last1=West |first1=Timothy |title=Great Canal Journeys: A Lifetime of Memories on Britain's Most Beautiful Waterways |date=2017 |publisher=Kings Road Publishing |isbn=978-1-78606-511-7}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Olesen |first1=Elisabet |title=Adventure Guide to Sweden |date=2006 |publisher=Hunter Publishing, Inc |isbn=1588435520}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Turist |date=2008 |publisher=Svenska Turistförening}}</ref>
[[File:Göta kanal (sträckning).png|thumb|550px|none|The route of the Göta Canal (in blue)]]

===Locks===
The canal has 58 locks and can accommodate vessels up to {{convert|30|m|ft|abbr=on}} long, {{convert|7|m|ft|abbr=on}} wide and {{convert|2.8|m|ft|abbr=on}} in [[Draft (hull)|draft]].<ref>Gunnar Alexandersson, ''The Baltic Straits'', fn. 9 p. 123. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1982. {{ISBN|90-247-2595-X}}</ref>

From the east-coast of Sweden to Lake [[Vänern]] the locks are as follows (with meters of height difference per lock):

*[[Mem Castle|Mem]], 3
*[[Tegelbruket]], 2.3
*[[Söderköping]], 2.4
*[[Duvkullen nedre]], 2.3
*[[Duvkullen övre]], 2.4
*[[Mariehov nedre]], 2.1
*[[Mariehov övre]], 2.6
*[[Carlsborg nedre]], 5.1
*[[Carlsborg övre]], 4.7
*[[Klämman]], open
*[[Hulta Locks|Hulta]], 3.2
*[[Bråttom]], 2.3
*[[Norsholm]], 0.8
*[[Berg Locks|Carl Johans slussar]] (seven locks), 18.8
*[[Bergs Locks|Oskars slussar]], 4.8
*[[Bergs Locks|Karl Ludvig Eugéns slussar]], 5.5
*[[Brunnby Lock|Brunnby]], 5.3
*[[Heda Locks|Heda]], 5.2
*[[Borensberg]], 0.2
*[[Borenshult]], 15.3
*[[Motala]], 0.1

''Lake [[Vättern]]'' (88 m above sea level)

*[[Forsvik]], 3.5

''[[Viken (lake)|Lake Viken]]'' (92 m above sea level – canal's highest point)

*[[Tåtorp]], 0.2
*[[Hajstorp övre]], 5.0
*[[Hajstorp nedre]], 5.1
*[[Riksberg]], 7.5
*[[Godhögen]], 5.1
*[[Norrkvarn övre]], 2.9
*[[Norrkvarn nedre]], 2.9
*[[Sjötorp 7-8]], 4.6
*[[Sjötorp 6]], 2.4
*[[Sjötorp 4-5]], 4.8
*[[Sjötorp 2-3]], 4.8
*[[Sjötorp 1]], 2.9

After Lake [[Vänern]] (44 m above sea level) [[Trollhatte canal|Trollhätte kanal]] to [[Gothenburg]] and the west-coast of Sweden.