Möhkö

Möhkö lies beside the Koitajoki and its rapids in the forest country of eastern Ilomantsi. It was originally part of the village of Nuorajärvi, which occupied the shores of the lake into which the river flows. The name of Möhkö and the nearby hill Möhkönvaara is related to a word for a lump or rounded hill. Here the river threads through the wooded borderland of North Karelia, connecting the lake with the country farther upstream.