Valkeasaari

Valkeasaari lies near the Sestra River at the southern edge of the Karelian Isthmus. Its Finnish name, meaning White Island, was later translated into Russian as Beloostrov. A Lutheran chapel parish dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul is recorded here in 1685, serving villages in the surrounding countryside. The congregation became independent of Toksovo in 1734, and a wooden church was built in 1763.