Watch out for Baby Nessie!

Keep you eyes peeled if you are at Lake Vättern this year. And have you camera ready!There’s a good chance you’ll see our own lake monster, Baby Nessie. In May of 2001, we had a visit from our Scottish twin canal, the Caledonian Canal. They brought a huge, light green egg from the world-famous lake monster Nessie in Loch Ness. The egg was lowered into the Vättern and now, it seems that Baby Nessie has been hatched!

The steamer was built in 1836 and sank in Lake Vättern 20 years later

Eric Nordevall II

Drop in to Forsvik and see how the construction of the Eric Nordevall II steamer is going. The ship was launched in June 2009 and towed to Motala to have the steam engine installed.

In the shipyard at the Forsvik Mills, the reconstruction of the Eric Nordevall II
steamer is in full swing. The interior will be finished in 2010.

The aim is to put the steamer in traffic in August 2010.

The steamer is a replica of the Eric Nordevall, which was built in 1836 and sank in Lake Vättern 20 years later, to a depth of 45 metres. See the work up close,
and observe the exhibition on how the project has progressed since the
Forsvik Shipyard Association was founded in 1995, at www.nordevall.com

The opening of the Gota Canal 1832 Nordic Walking School course, Part 2 Nordic Walking School course, Part 1 The Eric Nordevall II Crayfishing in the Göta Canal Göte och Göta Grävling

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