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Utsjoen postipolku ja postituvat

Utsjoki, Lappi, Finland

The record

Type
Nationally significant built cultural environment (RKY)
Elements (as the agency lists them)
pienasumus, tie
Character (as the agency lists it)
metsämaisema
Municipality
Utsjoki
Region
Lappi
Country
Finland
Coordinates
69.70833, 27.07481
Pin
Placed by TreeAlive at the centre of the largest area the agency maps
RKY number
2170

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The Finnish Heritage Agency's description

Utsjoen Kenesvaaralla kulkeva polku on osa tunnettua kulkureittiä Inarista Utsjoelle. Polku on toiminut virallisena postinkuljetusreittinä 1800-luvun lopulta 1950-luvulle. Postipolku on kulkureittien historiallista rakennetta kuvastava esimerkki.

Noin kuusi kilometriä pitkä polku alkaa Kenestuvalta, seuraa joen linjaa ja päättyy Kenesjärven pohjoispäässä, missä se yhtyy maantiehen.

Reitin varrella on säilynyt valtion rakennuttamia, postimiesten yöpymispaikaksi tarkoitettuja postitupia. Kenestupa Utsjoen postipolun varrella on yksi reitin tuvista. Pihapiirissä on kahden tuvan postitupa sekä hevostalli, jotka molemmat on kunnostettu matkailijoiden majoitustiloiksi.

Utsjoen postipolku kulkee Utsjokilaakson valtakunnallisesti arvokkaalla maisema-alueella.

Vesi- ja polkureitti Inarista Utsjoelle tunnettiin jo 1700-luvulla.

Lappi sai 1.10.1888 neljä uutta postiasemaa, joista yksi oli Utsjoki.
Posti kuljetettiin Kaamasesta Utsjoelle jalan, soutaen, hevosella, porolla tai hiihtäen. 103 km pituinen reitti kuljettiin joka toinen viikko, myöhemmin kolmen postimiehen voimin kolme kertaa viikossa kumpaankin suuntaan. Vesiosuuksilla oli veneitä käytettävissä. Kesällä 1940 polku kunnostettiin polkupyörällä ajettavaksi. Autotie valmistui Syysjärvelle 1938 ja Utsjoelle 1958, jolloin reitillä alkoi säännöllinen postiautoliikenne.

Reitin varrella oli valtion rakennuttamia, postimiesten yöpymispaikaksi tarkoitettuja postitupia. Kenestupa oli yksi reitin tuvista.

Lapin rakennusperintö. Lapin läänin rakennusperinne ry 1984.

Jarmo Lokio, Lapin kulttuuriympäristöohjelma. Lapin ympäristökeskus. Rovaniemi 1996.

"Lapin kulttuuriympäristöt tutuksi" -inventointihanke 2004-2008, aineistot. Lapin ympäristökeskus.

English translation (from the Finnish)

The text above is the record as published by the Finnish Heritage Agency (Museovirasto), in Finnish. The English below is a machine translation made by TreeAlive, not by the Finnish Heritage Agency (Museovirasto); it has not been checked by a person. Where the two differ, the original is the record. Report a translation error: privacy@treealive.com

The path that runs over Kenesvaara in Utsjoki is part of a well-known travel route from Inari to Utsjoki. The path operated as an official postal route from the end of the 19th century to the 1950s. The postal path is an example illustrating the historical structure of travel routes.

About six kilometres long, the path starts at Kenestupa, follows the line of the river and ends at the north end of Kenesjärvi, where it joins the road.

Along the route have survived postal cabins built by the state and intended as overnight shelters for postmen. Kenestupa, on the Utsjoki postal path, is one of the route's cabins. The yard includes a two-room postal cabin and a horse stable, both of which have been restored as accommodation for travellers.

The Utsjoki postal path runs through the Utsjokilaakso landscape area of national value.

The water and footpath route from Inari to Utsjoki was already known in the 18th century.

Lapland received four new post stations on 1.10.1888, one of which was Utsjoki. The post was carried from Kaamanen to Utsjoki on foot, by rowing, by horse, by reindeer or on skis. The 103 km route was travelled every other week; later, with three postmen, three times a week in each direction. Boats were available on the water sections. In summer 1940 the path was restored for cycling. The motor road was completed to Syysjärvi in 1938 and to Utsjoki in 1958, when regular postal bus services began on the route.

Along the route were postal cabins built by the state and intended as overnight shelters for postmen. Kenestupa was one of the route's cabins.

Descriptions are shown with the written permission of the Finnish Heritage Agency and reproduced unchanged. Locations come from its open spatial data; pins are placed by TreeAlive. Finnish Heritage Agency (Museovirasto) · Spatial data: CC BY 4.0
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