Navolok

Navolok lies on the right bank of the Onega, in a forested stretch of the river between Lake Lacha and the White Sea. The Onega's rapids interrupted navigation, but its valley nevertheless formed a long route through the Russian North. Villages occupied clearings by the water, with the river connecting them to the lake country upstream and the coast downstream. The name describes a projecting piece of land, a common feature of northern river and sea shores.