Lelång

Lelång Lake is a Swedish lake. It lies on the border between Bengtsfors municipality, in the province of Dalsland, and Årjäng municipality, in the province of Värmland.

Lelång
Canoeists paddle onto Lake Lelång, 1991
Lelång
Coordinates	59°09′30″N 12°06′30″E
Basin countries	Sweden
Max. length	39.1 km (24.3 mi)
Max. width	2.4 km (1.5 mi)
Average depth	approx. 60 m (200 ft)
Surface elevation	93 m (305 ft)
Islands	Grisholmen, Vikholmarna, Sörvikerholmarna, Slomholmarna, Bråtnäsön, Holmen, Bergholmen, Rebbingen, Taraldsön, Gummenäsön, Hallön, Sätön, Storön, Degenesöarna, Dalholmarna, Kärleksön, Greaön, Äspenäsön, Berganeön[1]
Settlements	Bengtsfors, Lennartsfors

The lake has an elongated shape and stretches approximately 40 km (25 mi) from Lennartsfors in the north to Bengtsfors in the south. The lake can be reached by three sets of locks. The lock located at Lennartsfors connects it to Lake Foxen, that at Gustavsfors to Lake Västra Silen and the one at Bengtsfors to Lake Bengtsbrohöljen. In addition to this the lake stands in open connection to Lake Ärtingen 5 km north of Bengtsfors. Lake Lelång forms part of Dalsland Canal.

The lake contains numerous species of fish, such as perch, pike, Salvelinuschar, salmon trout, burbot, atlantic salmon, bream, eel and minnow.^[2]

A canoeing competition named Dalsland Kanotmaraton + is staged every year on Lake Lelång and other lakes in the vicinity.

References

• This article is based on the Swedish Lelång article

1. Länskartor geographic map viewer
2. fiskeland.com page on Lelång