Iksa

The Iksa flows through the northern forests to join the Onega from the west. The Onega in turn carries the waters of the Kargopol country toward the White Sea. Along this larger river, people travelled to the Pomor saltworks and brought salt back to Kargopol, where it was weighed and sold to merchants from Vologda and Beloozero. The Iksa’s wooded valley belongs to the network of tributaries that feeds this northern waterway.