Ivalo River

Bridge of Kuttura over the Ivalojoki in Inari

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The Ivalojoki [ ivɑlɔjɔki ] ( Avveeljuuhâ Inari, Northern Sami Avviljohka ) is a 180 km long river in Finnish Lapland.

Geography

The Ivalojoki rises in the north-west Finland and flows from southwest to northeast in the direction of Lake Inari. Initially, the river flows through a moorland landscape, later by a lonely, almost uninhabited mountain landscape with abandoned gold mining settlements. Before the mouth of the river meanders strong. It flows just before the mouth through the town of Ivalo, then divided into three main arms as river delta in Lake Inari to lead.

History

In the 1870s there was a "gold rush" on Ivalojoki and the adjacent Lemmenjoki. Even today there is mined for gold. There are currently about 60 to 70 gold miners have the claims in which they look for gold. Since only about four to six months can be used depending on the weather, the prospector must hurry to earn enough money to survive the extremely long winter. The winter lasts from October or November to about the end of April or even until well into May.

It often occurs in the spring by the melting snow and the road bridge in Ivalo where an accumulation of ice to extensive flooding. The village of Ivalo is it also often affected. In addition, often are also settlements which lie at the state road 4, which runs parallel to the part to Ivalojoki affected by the floods.

Tourist

The Ivalojoki is a popular river with moderate difficulty to undertake multi-day canoe hiking.

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