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iv. education and mental cultulle.
The River Indalsälven at Linkärsöarna.
The Göta Canal lies like a blue ribbon across the country from the North
Sea to the Baltic. The name of this waterway is not quite an accurate one,
as the Göta Canal proper extends for only a part of the distance traversed ;by
the boats, but, as a tourist route, the title is given to this water-way as a
whole. It begins with the river Göta älv, at Gothenburg, continues through
the Trollhätta Canal by means of a series of locks, the total drop of which
from the highest to the lowest water-levels is 33 meters; it then proceeds across
the mighty Lake Vänern, passes through a system of canals and locks, and
through a series of small lakes, from Lake Vänern to Lake Vättern, crosses
the latter lake and proceeds once more, via a fresh succession of canals, locks,
lakes, and rivers to the Baltic, which is traversed for a small distance until
the canal-route proper is again entered south of Stockholm. The route then
passes through the short Södertälje Canal and along Lake Mälaren to Stockholm.
The trip, which is world-renowned, thus carries the tourist through the largest
lakes of Sweden — which are at the same time, two of the greatest inland seas
of Europe — and also through a country rich in varied scenery, giving typical
pictures of the idyllic beauty of a Central Swedish landscape. The journey
should preferably be made during the period of the light summer nights. The
steamers, which pass some 70 locks, occupy 56 hours on the journey^ WThe
time taken by the vessel in passing the locks is usually spent by the traveller
in visiting some place of interest close by.
The most beautiful sections of the Göta Canal route are traversed, too, by
the steamers on the line between Jönköping and Stockholm.
2. Central Sweden. By this is understood, from the tourist’s point of
view, the country close to and around Lake Vänern, the northern part of Lake
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