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10 Maantiekatu street,
late 1910s.
Photo: LMM/Iikka Paavalniemi
Maantiekatu that ran in the place of the current
Valtakatu ended at the old market place and the
wholesale and retail shop of Robert Saastamoinen.
The shop was established in 1916 and, at the time,
was the largest privately owned shop in Lapland.
The first electric streetlights of Rovaniemi were lit
up on Maantiekatu in 1914. The street also served
as an event location for the legendary Rovaniemi
markets three times a year: in February, Midsum-
mer and autumn around Michaelmas.
11 LRoivgefrlKoaemtiinjogkoin, 1960.
Photo: LMM/Arvo Ruonaniemi
The log floating on River Kemijoki began in the
1860s. Felling usually ended in March and then
the logs were stored upstream, marked and meas-
ured. In the spring, the logs were debarked and,
once the river had thawed, the floating of the logs
along rivers to steam sawmills of the south began.
The fall log floating started after salmon fishing
ended on 15 August. Log floating marked the
summer time of Rovaniemi until 1991, but since
then logs have been transported by road and rail.
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