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The Miekankoski Museum of Log Floating is located in authentic log-driving
surroundings at Miekankoski, about 10 km from downtown Mäntyharju. The
Mäntyharju Log-Floating Association had the cabin built to accommodate log
drivers in 1947. Now the building has a café and the warehouse next to it has
the Museum of Log Floating. The museum’s collection is owned by the
municipality of Mäntyharju. The museum is run by the Miekankoski café.
The exhibition in the warehouse has an extensive collection of items and
photographs related to log-driving. There are boats, a model of a capstan used
for towing timber rafts and photographs from various stages of log-driving and
tugboats.
In the Treaty of Turku in 1743, the border of Sweden and Russia was defined as
running through Miekankoski. Miekankoski has a monument to the Treaty of Turku
(1743). The yard of the log-driving base also has a café and a gift shop.
Miekankoski is a well-known rapids fishing location and the café sells fishing
licenses.
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