Map on the Göta Canal

The Göta Canal stretches from Mem on an inlet of the Baltic near Söderköping, through Lake Vättern to Sjötorp on Lake Vänern. Together with the Trollhätte Canal, the Göta Canal forms a continuous waterway through Sweden from coast to coast.

Total length of the Göta Canal
190,5 km, Mem - Sjötorp.

Manmade length
87 km. 

No. of locks
58, including two manually operated in Borensberg and Tåtorp.

Aqueducts
Two, one at Ljungsbro (built in 1970) and one at Kungs Norrby, east of Borensberg (built in 1993).

Highest point
91.8 m above sea level (Lake Viken). 

Maximum size of boats
Length 30 m, beam 7 m, height 22 m and draught 2,82 m.

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Chart Göta Canal and Trollhätte Canal, Mem-Sjötorp with Lake Vättern and the southern part of Lake Vänern. 2011. Swedish National Administration of Shipping and Navigation.
New nautical chart (2011) for recreational boating, Göta Canal, Mem–Sjötorp, and Trollhätte Canal, Vänersborg-Göteborg, including Lake Vättern and the southern part of Lake Vänern.

Covers the whole route from coast to coast: Mem to Göteborg and all of Lake Vättern as well as the southern part af Lake Vänern. Also features canal and marina descriptions in Swedish and aerial photos of the marinas in the Göta Canal and Vättern and a descrpition of the Trollhätte Canal. 

Chart No. 8. Göta Canal & Trollhätte Canal (Swedish/German)
Nautical Publications, Germany.
Covers thw wholw route from coast to coast between Mem-Göteborg incl. passage over Lakes Vättern and Vänern. Includes a description of sights (in Swedish and German).

The charts are for sale at the entrance points to the Göta Canal in Mem and Sjötorp as well as in Motala.

The western part of the Göta Canal: Sjötorp - Karlsborg
(Lake Vänern - Lake Vättern), is 75 km.

There is no boat transport available across Lake Vättern.
The distance from Karlsborg to Motala, north of Lake Vättern is 100 km.

The eastern part of the Göta Canal: Motala - Mem (Lake Vättern - the Baltic),
is  120 km.