Switzerland's interest in inland navigation is by no means limited to the Upper Rhine and the spectacular lakes, many of which have regular passenger services. One of the earliest attempts to build a summit level canal in Europe took place between Lake Neuch”tel and Lake Geneva, and an association is still campaigning for construction of a high-capacity Rhine-Rhone waterway on this route, also using the canalised river Aare. Sections of the Upper Rhine may be used by powered craft, but there are many weirs and hydropower plants, and the high waterfall at Schaffhausen. Canalisation with 12 new locks and a 650m long tunnel has been planned since 1851, but such a scheme is unlikely to be approved in the short term. The first 5 locks (above the existing two at Birsfelden and Rheinfelden) would open up navigation to the Aare confluence at Koblenz…

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