The
Ladoga Canal (,
Ladozhsky Canal) is a historical water transport route, now situated in
Leningrad Oblast, linking the
Neva and the
Svir River so as to bypass the stormy waters of
Lake Ladoga which lies immediately to the northwest. It is about long and comprises two distinct but overgrown canals, Old Ladoga Canal (built in 1719–1810, previously known as Peter the First Canal) and New Ladoga Canal (built in 1866–1883), running in parallel from Sviritsa on the Svir through
Novaya Ladoga on the
Volkhov to
Shlisselburg on the Neva.