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The first information on shipping in the region of the Great Mazurian Lakes dates back to 1379. At that time, the Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, Winrich von Kniprode, together with his retinue, travelled by boat towards Malbork through the Mazurian lakes and along the rivers of Pisa, Narew and Vistula.
In the town chronicles of Elblag one can find a record that in 15th century timber was floated from the Piska Forest. The wood was used to build ships.
Within the years 1763 - 1766, according to the plans of the Polish Arians - Jozef Naronski, Samuel Suchodolski and Jan Suchodolski - Frederick II gives an order to build canals connecting particular lakes from Wegorzewo to Pisz. He also orders regulation of the Pisa and Wegorapa rivers.

It was noted in the chronicles that thirty-metre-long barges, having the capacity of 100 tons, floated along the Nysa river in 1778.
In 1854 the first steamship called "Mazovia", brought from the Vistula river, appears on the Mazurian lakes. It was commanded by captain Jankowski.
Within the years 1914-1915, a part of the water route equipment was destroyed as a result of the war operations.
The information on a huge turnover of goods on the Great Lakes water routes in the inter-war period, within the years 1918-1939, turned to be a pure myth. In that period of about 20 years, the maximal amounts to be transported occurred in 1934 and they approximated 34,000 tons.

"ZEGLUGA MAZURSKA" (Mazurian Shipping Company) - a limited liability company was established on 30 January 1991 in Gizycko. It became a legal successor to the State Enterprise "ZEGLUGA MAZURSKA" in Gizycko.
The State Enterprise "ZEGLUGA MAZURSKA" started its activity in the Great Mazurian Lakes Land in 1957 on the basis of the "Warsaw Branch of the Vistula Shipping" which was established as well in Gizycko in 1947.
For many years we have been the biggest owner of passenger ships fleet in the Mazurian Region.
For nearly 50 years of its activity, our company has had several million passengers on board of its units.
However, serving the passengers with our white fleet ships is not the only profile of our activity. We possess a complete workshop base enabling us to do the repairs of the ships belonging to the passenger inland shipping fleet and to build smaller boats.