Kuivaniemi

Kuivaniemi lies where the Kuivajoki reaches the northern Gulf of Bothnia. The river and coast gave the scattered settlements of this wooded country a connection to the sea. In 1666 the inhabitants asked for a church of their own, a sign of the long distance separating them from their parish church. A resident assistant priest was eventually appointed in 1771, bringing regular pastoral care closer to the people of Kuivaniemi.