Lake Galichkoye

Lake Galichskoye spreads below the fortified hills of Galich, with shallow waters that long supported the town’s fishermen. Fishing grounds on the lake and its tributaries were valuable possessions. Grand Prince Vasily III granted the Paisiev monastery rights to fish in the lake and at river mouths, using seines and other nets in both winter and summer. On the southern shore a fishing settlement grew beside Galich, joining the town’s livelihood to the changing seasons of the lake.