The area is ideal for boating: exciting canals with locks and fairways, lakes of all sizes, lateral canals, bays and straits and hundreds of islands and islets. There are a number of companies that rent boats suitable for tours on lake Vänern and the canal. To fully appreciate the Dalsland Canal with all its side channels, one should allow five to seven days.

A naval chart is available. It is based on the new aerial imaging technology developed in conjunction with the Swedish Maritime Administration, and is sold at the lock stations at Köpmannebro and Lennartsfors. It can also be ordered online. More information on boat rentals, navigation times, ordering naval charts online and locking is available at www.dalslandskanal.se