Korsnäs

Korsnäs is the most western mainland parish in Finland.  It has a long, rocky coastline along the Gulf of Bothnia.  The three largest islands are Halsön, Bredskäret and Södra Björkön. “Because of the post-glacial rebound, most of the area that today forms the Korsnäs parish stood under water until around 1000 AD.” ³

Livelihood came primarily from fishing and farming.  There were also seal hunts lasting 12 to 15 weeks each year in the early spring. ⁸

This map of the Korsnäs parish in 1938 displays on the HisKi project website, made available by the Genealogical Society of Finland.

In the 1660’s a chapel was built, which remained until the mid-1800’s.

A new church and parsonage were built in 1831.  The church was designed by the famous architect, Carl Ludvig Engel.  Many items from the chapel were kept and used in the new church, such as parts of the platform and altar.  The belfry built in the 1600’s stands near this church. ^{3 and 5}

The Korsnäs Church and cemetery.  This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. Attributed: Hotarju