Description of the attraction
The Tolvojärvi area is located within the Suojärvi administrative region on the border with Finland. The Finns established a national park on this territory in 1919. The park ceased to exist by 1939, as the lands became part of the USSR. However, the idea of creating a protected area on the territory of Tolvojärvi was expressed in 1992 by the Karelian Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
The park and its nature are phenomenal. Of all the reservoirs, lakes predominate here. Tolvoyarvskie lakes are a rare network of reservoirs in natural terms. Its uniqueness lies in the fact that with a strong wind and the smallest difference in heights, the flow of water from lake to lake is observed. The park is located on two types of middle taiga landscape. They are inhabited by representatives of the middle taiga fauna: brown bear, white hare, wolf, fox, marten, squirrel, lynx, wood grouse, elk. There are northern animals: wolverine and reindeer.
Quite usually there are many owls and diurnal birds of prey, black-throated loons and black-throated loons nest with a high density. There are rarities of the Arctic fauna - Arctic tern, golden plover, turukhtan. There is a large breeding ground for the goose-goose and the whooper swan. It is often possible to observe the passage of a mass of waterfowl. The reserve is home to 170 species of representatives of the animal world. There are 41 species of vulnerable and rare animals. Of these, 28 are included in the Red Book.
The flora is small. The flora of the reserve is dominated by typical taiga species. All species are common in Karelia, forming the basis of the vegetation cover. In "Tolvojärvi" southern species are common, such as bracken, forest reed grass, May lily of the valley, black alder, and ferns. Of the northern species, Swedish derain is known - a plant with large inedible dark red berries. The plant ripens with lingonberries and can be confusing for the picker.
Of interest in the warmed up shallow waters of lakes are aquatic small spore half-eared plants: the thinnest and lacustrine. Dortman's lobelia can often be found next to them. These species are included in the Karelian and Russian Red Data Books and are characteristic of lakes with clean water. They can disappear without a trace when water bodies are polluted.
Woody plants are wild types of roses, fragrant poplar, willow spirea, Siberian larch (in places where it grows there are abundant undergrowth). Herbaceous perennials were wild: catchment area, elder-leaved valerian, garden strawberries, blue cyanosis. The reserve has concentrated food and medicinal plant raw materials. In some years, cloudberries, cranberries, blueberries give abundant harvests, in the forests - blueberries and lingonberries.
Typical landscapes with undrained wetlands are a factor in the uniqueness of Tolvojärvi Park. The Lehtisensuo bog is of great interest. There is a provision according to which in this part of the park you can pick berries and mushrooms, fishing is allowed. The advantages of pine landscapes are especially high. The pine forests of the park divide three generations of trees: 25-45 years old, 95-115 years old, and even 245-250 years old.
An attractive tourist site of the park is the Tolvojoki River, with rapids and a waterfall. There are several hiking trails in the park. One of them runs along the shores of Lake Tolvojarvskoye and stone (ozovy) ridges. The height of some ridges in the area of the lake exceeds 16-20 meters, and their length is from 4, 6 to 16 km. The call system is one of the interesting sights and is a water-landscape ridge.
The routes of the park-reserve are designed in such a way that one can fully allow one to get acquainted with the natural features of a truly amazing corner of Karelia. Lakes, islets and channels between them with high banks covered with pine trees leave an indelible impression and determine the educational value of Tolvojärvi. In the park, in specially designated places, there are equipped places for daytime rest and a fireplace.
The territory of Tolvajärvi is a beautiful part of the national park, where the traveler can admire the beauty of nature. The Tolvojärvi landscape reserve is located on an area of 41,900 hectares and is located at the junction of the drainage basins of Lake Ladoga and Onega.
