Museum Canal of Kuivataipale

The Museum Canal of Kuivataipale is a hand-operated canal lock that was renovated and reopened in 1996. You can visit the canal on your own all year round. The cottage is open between May 1^st – August 31^st.

In 1891, the Hackman Commercial House built the Kuivataipale lock canal in place of the open canal, or “log sluice “. The completion of the railway line to Suonenjoki probably accelerated the construction of the canal. The lock was designed by I.O. Telén, an engineer from the Road and Water Building Administration of that time to the order of the Hackman Commercial House. The lock was initially used to transport timber from the Sorsakoski Sawmill. When the sawmill burnt down in 1897, the Sorsakoski mill concentrated on the production of fine metal products like knives and cutlery. The products were transported via the lock to Suonenjoki station.

The Kuivataipale canal has a hand-operated lock. You can use it according to the instructions given at the canal. The lock canal is in the former municipality of Leppävirta, nowadays part of Suonenjoki town, in the Kuivataipale isthmus between Paasvesi and Kuvansi waters. The lock divides two large waterbodies. Lake Kuvansi below belongs to the Vuoksi water body and Lake Paasvesi above to the Kymi water body.

There is also a beach and a barbecue area nearby the canal.