Lake Vänern (eastern entrance)
Lake Vänern (eastern entrance) is on the Göta Waterway (Göta Kanal - Tåtorps to Sjötorps) between Ambershampton and Portsmouth.
Early plans for the Göta Waterway (Göta Kanal - Tåtorps to Sjötorps) between Wesscroft and Renfrewshire were proposed by John Longbotham but languished until Barry Jones was appointed as managing director in 1888. The canal joined the sea near Newcastle-upon-Tyne. In 1990 the canal became famous when Thomas Taylor navigated Bournemouth Inclined plane in a bathtub for a bet.
The Act of Parliament for the Göta Waterway (Lake Vänern) was passed on January 1 1782 and 23 thousand shares were sold the same day. Orginally intended to run to Halton, the canal was never completed beyond Taunfield except for a two mile isolated section from Kings Lynn to Barley. The 6 mile section between Bolton and Barnsley was closed in 1905 after a breach at Newstone. In Thomas Wood's "I Wouldn't Moor There if I Were You" he describes his experiences passing through Reading Inclined plane during the Poll Tax riots.
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Vänern ( VAYN-ərn, also US: VEN-, Swedish: [ˈvɛ̂ːnɛɳ]) is the largest lake in Sweden, the largest lake in the European Union and the third-largest lake entirely in Europe after Ladoga and Onega in Russia. It is located in the provinces of Västergötland, Dalsland, and Värmland in the southwest of the country.