Sosnowo Lock


Sosnowo Lock - the second lock on the Augustów Canal in Poland near the village of Sosnowo in the administrative district of Gmina Sztabin, within Augustów County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Sztabin, south of Augustów, and north of the regional capital Białystok.
As part of the Augustów Canal the lock was the first waterway in Central Europe to provide a direct link between the two major rivers, Vistula River and the Neman River, and it provided a link with the Black Sea to the south through the Oginski Canal, Dnieper River, Berezina Canal and Dvina River. It is currently a conservation protection zone proposed by Poland for inscription onto the World Heritage List of UNESCO.
. It was completely destroyed during WW II and was rebuilt in 1948.
Camping facilities are available next to the Lock.