During the Eastern, Crimean or \u00c5land War, Lake Ladoga was of great importance, also for the transport of food. At that time, Finland was dependent on grain imports, and that traffic shifted from the Gulf of Finland to the interior. Freight traffic ran from Russia via Lake Ladoga and Lake Saimaa to Vyborg and elsewhere in the interior of Finland. There was traffic at least in Kexholm and Jaakkima. From there, the journey led via Putikko in Punkaharju to Lappeenranta. The Gulf of Finland and the rest of the Baltic Sea were dangerous due to the blockade operations of the Western powers' navies.<\/p>\n
The Western powers declared war on Russia in March 1854, and as early as April, two English warships appeared off the coast of Viapori.<\/p>\n
The Saimaa Canal was still under construction, and some of the new waterways passed through the unfinished canal. Flour, salt and other foodstuffs were brought to Lappeenranta via Lake Ladoga. Lappeenranta became the hub for transport, from where food was freighted further to places such as Kouvola and Vehkalahti.<\/p>\n
From Interior Finland, planks and boards, pig iron, butter, tar and willow bark were exported to St Petersburg.<\/p>\n
Traffic continued at least into 1855. After that, British warships were no longer in the Baltic Sea.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It\u00e4maisen eli Krimin eli Oolannin sodan aikana Laatokan merkitys oli suuri, my\u00f6s ruuan kuljetuksessa. Tuolloin Suomi oli riippuvainen viljan tuonnista ja se liikenne siirtyi Suomenlahdelta sis\u00e4maahan. Tavaraliikenne kulki Ven\u00e4j\u00e4lt\u00e4 Laatokan ja Saimaan kautta Viipuriin ja muualle sis\u00e4-Suomeen. Liikennett\u00e4 oli ainakin K\u00e4kisalmessa ja Jaakkimassa. Sielt\u00e4 matka vei Punkaharjun Putikon kautta Lappeenrantaan. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6758,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-laatokka"],"yoast_head":"\n