Hiking in Lapland

Kulmakkopuro

When you start your hike from Ansakämppä to Kitkajoki, you will face lot of stairs that go up and down, walk through swamps, chance to visit Jussinmökki, which is “yet another” wilderness cabin. Only real sight on this part of the journey is Kulmakkopuro.
The big thing in Kulmakkopuro is that at the beginning of 18th century landowners decided that way want to make some timber, float the logs to Oulankajoki and from there to Russia. The following spring and summer were dry and there wasn’t enough water in Kulmakkopuro to float all those logs. In following years, they tried to find otherways for transporting timber to factories with very little success. After few years, there was revolution in Russia, Finland got its independence and noone was interested to float timber into Soviet Union. When you walk through the area, you can still see lot of signs from old logs.

Photographs from Ansakämppä to Kitkajoki