Skiing in Finland - Ski Areas and Resorts in Finland, Kuusamo, Lahti, Koli National Park, Kolari, Kontiolahti, Levi, Finland, Ylls, Rukatunturi (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Ski Areas and Resorts in Finland, Kuusamo, Lahti, Koli National Park, Kolari, Kontiolahti, Levi, Finland, Ylls, Rukatunturi, Suomu, Iso-Syte. Excerpt: Kuusamo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Initially, until the 17th Century, the area of Kuusamo was inhabited by the semi-nomadic Sami. During the cold season they lived in the villages Maanselk and Kitka. In spring they moved to the rivers and in summer, after the melting of the ice, to the lakes; there they fished and gathered berries and mushrooms; in autumn they hunted reindeer, bears and beavers in the forest. Apart from fishing and hunting the Sami earned their living by trading fur with the Finns settled on the coast of the Gulf of Bothnia and the Karelia of the White Sea coast. As Sami settlement the area belonged to Kuusamo Kemi-Lappmark at the time. Nominally it belonged to the territory of the Swedish province of Vsterbotten, but the Swedish rule was limited to the collection of taxes. At the same time Russia collected taxes in the territory it deemed state-less. Since 15th Century also took advantage of the lower reaches of the river Iijoki-based Finnish fishermen fishing grounds Kuusamos. They took regular trips from a few weeks after Kuusamo, but because it is in the area other than on the middle reaches of the river was not Iijoki the hay for the cattle would have to deliver, they found no fixed settlements. Only when the Swedish government in 1673 all settlers Lapland for 15 years tax exemption granted, began to settlers from Savo and Kainuu in Kuusamo settle. They operated and started shifting with the burning of forests. This was mainly due to the hunting-based life form of seeds at risk. The Sami population was approved by the Finnish settlers assimilated within a few ... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=782437