Spillway Canal (Sestroretsk)

The Spillway Canal divides the city of Sestroretsk into two approximately equal parts and is a commercial fishing water body. Every year from the end of April to the end of May, men stand waist-deep in the water with "spiders" (fishing nets) to catch smelt before the dam closes. In Soviet times, motorboats used to travel this route from the pier in the "Dubki" Park, and south of the Sestroretsk railway station, the railway passes over the canal on a bridge whose supports were originally designed for two tracks. The historical names of the Razliv district and local streets are associated with the Gagarka stream, which was the predecessor of this water body.