Lake Beloye

White Lake spreads across the northern Volga basin, receiving the Kovzha and giving rise to the Sheksna. Its open waters formed a link in the route between the Volga and the northern lakes, with portages beyond the Kovzha leading towards Lake Onega. Fishing was valuable to communities and monasteries around the lake. In the fifteenth century the Trinity monastery received privileges to send boats to White Lake for fish and trade.