Lake Syamozero

Syamozero, called Seämärvi in Karelian, is a broad lake in southern Karelia. Its waters drain through the Syapsya toward the Shuya and Lake Onega, making it part of a network of navigable lakes and rivers. People from the Syamozero area are mentioned in a birch-bark letter dated to the late fourteenth century. Livvi Karelian communities lived along its shores, and boats could travel eastward from the lake through the Shuya system.