Reisa National Park
The Reisa river has cut a valley and a canyon (north of Imo) in the mountain plateau, producing the long fertile valley called Reisadalen. Waterfalls cascade into the valleys and gorges. The waterfall Mollisfossen is one of the more spectacular falls at 269 metres (883 ft) in height.
The valley and adjacent mountains have been valuable for hunting, animal trapping, and fishing for centuries. Snares are sometimes still set to catch ptarmigan and willow grouse in the traditional manner. Scots pine were used for timber and to produce tar. Nearly every farm in the valley earned extra income making tar, and production continued far into the 20th century. The remains of many tar kilns can still be found. The park and surrounding areas provided spring, summer, and autumn grazing for semi-domesticated reindeer. In winter, the reindeer in this region graze in the nearby Kautokeino Municipality in Finnmark county to the south of the park; in summer, they are on the coast in the northwest.
It is adjacent to Käsivarsi Wilderness Area in Finland.
References
- ^ "Informasjon om stadnamn". Norgeskart (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
- ^ "Reisa national park". Norwegian Directorate for Nature Management. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-04-19. Retrieved 2012-12-21.
- ^ Schandy, Tom; Helgesen, Tom (2006). 100 norske naturperler (in Norwegian). Norway: Forlaget Tom & Tom. ISBN 978-82-995682-8-9.