Sweet Water Canal

Sweet Water Canal, also known as Fresh Water Canal or Ismaïlia Canal, is a Canal in Egypt built to facilitate construction of the Suez Canal by providing fresh water from Lake Timsah to Suez and Port Said. Sweet Water Canal has facilitated the growth of agriculture of settlements along the Suez Canal, and it particularly important for supplying water to the city of Port Said. Like the Suez, it was designed by French engineers; construction lasted from 1861 until 1863. It runs through the now-dry distributary of the Wadi Tumilat, incorporating portions of an ancient Suez Canal that existed between Old Cairo and the Red Sea.