[1] The canal is located close to the settlement of Pinega in Pinezhsky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.

Currently, the bifurcation does not exist, and the Pinega is fully discharged into the Northern Dvina.

It would be more convenient to channel the timber into the Pinega and downstream to the Northern Dvina.

In 1844, the Arkhangelsk State Good Chamber decided that the project is unprofitable.

[3] In 1925, new research has been performed, cause by the growth of timber cutting in the Kuloy River basin.