Old Maps of Korvala

Korvala is the first named property in our area, located where the road runs closest to the river.

Korvala is joined on the map a decade later by two more properties, Kulpakko and Hämäläinen.

More detail and some early property lines are added.

A simplified war-time version of the previous map.

The word "Retkeilymaja" appears next to our property, as it evolved from an inn to a hostel. A post office, telephone exchange and schoolroom were set up in Kulpakko, owned by the Tiainen family. This prompted the village to adopt Tiainen as it's name.

As the traffic increased on the main road to the nothermost point of Europe, major roadworks were embarked upon to widen it: hills were cut away, sharp bends were made more gentle, new bridges were built and it was resurfaced with asphalt.​

The village had it's heyday in the '60s and early 70s: as families grew, so did the number of farms and local services. The population was at it's highest then, before education gave the younger generation more work oportunities elsewhere.

More fields were cleared to make more hay for more cows, but also many forest roads have appeared, which were built so that the larger logging vehicles that were needed to harvest the trees could access Finland's green gold.