Lake Vyalozero

Lake Vyalozero lies in the interior of the Kola Peninsula, a large freshwater lake of about 99 square kilometres. The Vyala River flows out of its shore toward the Umba, which carries the water down to the White Sea. Sámi families moved between the lake, the forest and the coast with the seasons, herding reindeer and fishing. The 1595 Treaty of Teusina drew the Swedish-Russian border across Lapland and left the Kola Peninsula to Muscovy.