Hør fortællingen om Frederik d. VIIs Kanal lige ved siden af Limfjorden
Kanalvejen 40, 9670, Løgstør
In Løgstør we have something as strange as a canal just a few meters from the fjord. Why is that?
The shallow Løgstør Grunde had caused problems for shipping for centuries. From about 1100 – 1825, the Limfjord was closed to the west at Agger, and ships going from the western Limfjord were therefore forced to sail past Løgstør to get out of the fjord. The "plug" at Løgstør eventually became so annoying that it was decided to dig a canal past the plots. The canal, which opened in 1856 - 1861, was 4.4 km long, about 25 meters wide and 3 meters deep. Several hundred ships passed the canal every year and by the end of the 1800s there were almost 3,000 vessels per year. After the creation of a shipping channel through Løgstør Grunde, the canal was closed to ship traffic in 1913, but it was decided to preserve it for cultural-historical reasons. The canal was protected in 1958.
You can listen to the story of Frederik VII's channel below.
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