The Nordgeorgsfehn Canal (german: Nordgeorgsfehnkanal or NGFK) is a canal in

East Frisia East Frisia or East Friesland (german: Ostfriesland; ; stq, Aastfräislound) is a historic region in the northwest of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is primarily located on the western half of the East Frisian peninsula, to the east of West Frisia ...

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...

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. It connects the

Jümme Jümme is a collective municipality (''Samtgemeinde'') in the district of Leer (district), Leer in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is named after the River Jümme (river), Jümme which flows through all three constituent communities. It has a ...

with the Ems-Jade Canal. It is 31.8 km long and 13 m wide. The maximum permitted draught of boats on the canal is 1.4 m and the maximum permitted height is 2.2 m. The canal has eight locks and twenty five bridges of which ten are swing bridges.
Information on the NGFK (in German) provided by the Lower Saxon State Department for Waterway, Coastal and Nature Conservation, NLWKN The canal is owned by the state of

and is operated by Lower Saxon State Department for Waterway, Coastal and Nature Conservation, NLWKN.

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Canals in Lower Saxony Canals opened in 1829 Canals opened in 1916 {{LowerSaxony-geo-stub