Telekhany. The Oginsky Canal.

The main tools for the construction of the canal included saws, axes and shovels. Carts drawn by horses and oxen were used as vehicles. In recognition of his contribution to the development of the region, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth planned to erect a monument to Oginsky (this was even reflected in the constitution of 1768), and also granted him the town of Lagishin and the village of Myshkovce. The fee for the maintenance of the canal was charged from passing ships.

In 1799-1803, Ivan Ivanovich Falcony supervised the construction of the Oginsky Canal (between the rivers Shchara, a tributary of the Neman, and Yaselda, a tributary of the Pripyat), for which he was awarded a diamond ring. Falconius was in charge of the canal until 1810.

In the 19th century, steamships plied the routes daily: Pinsk — Telekhany and Pinsk — Slonim (every two days). In addition, navigation along the Yaselda and Oginsky Canal to Vygonoshchansky Lake was carried out with the help of horse and human traction. Thanks to the canal, the active growth of the surrounding villages and settlements began.

According to the Grodno Statistical Committee, in 1836 the cost of goods transported via the Oginsky Canal (salt, wheat, vinegar, flax seeds, oats, lard, peas, rye, earthenware and earthenware, glass, bricks, tobacco, etc.) amounted to 1.5 million rubles. The canal was also used for the delivery of iron and its products from abroad, jewelry, and silk and wine were brought from the south.

In 1942, as a result of a battle between Soviet partisans and German troops, the navigation system of the canal was destroyed and was no longer restored.