Karhumägi

Karhumägi lies on the northern shore of Lake Onega, amid the forests and waterways of Karelia. A village grew here in the seventeenth century, and a factory operated there in 1703–1710 and again in 1766–1769. The surrounding country belonged to a region long connected with Novgorod; in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Karelia became known for the wooden buildings of its villages and churches.