This location is mentioned in the following paragraphs:
(§814) Some people use two skis of equal length, others have a smaller left-hand ski which, except for the front end, is covered with hairy reindeer hide. This provides a better grip on the snow since the hair offers some resistance. This is most common in Kemi Lappmark where there are plenty of wild reindeer.
(§950) 9th. Travelled from Torneå to KEMI where there was a great salmon fishery - hence the saying "richer than the Kemi salmon fishery, the meadows at Limingö and the fields at Storkyros".
(§951) 10th. Stayed with the dean in Kemi until the 11th.
(§960) 11th. Departed from the dean's house at Kemi: Pastor Frosterus and his wife Christina.
(§976) In Torneå they turn the earth with a spade and never use a plough. Likewise in Kemi, where only the ground intended for rye is worked with a plough.
(§977) In Kemi a whole dinner service of 5 or 6 plates with spoons, napkins etc. is laid for just 1 or 2 people, - for such is their custom. The inn provides a fixed-price meal.
(§978) I found 'Salicaria foliis alternis, gradualibus, floribus in alis singulis' [Purple Loosestrife] at the dean's house in Kemi.
(§991) It is not the Kemi river that separates Västerbotten from Österbotten but a small river to the west.
(§1002) The limestone that is burnt in Kemi, Torneå and other places along the coast is of a strange composition.
(§1060) There are 6 ferries between Kemi and Torneå; the river at KAAKAMO ferry, which is closest to Kemi (3 1/4 miles), is the boundary between Österbotten and Västerbotten.
(§1062) 17th. I left the inn at Kemi and travelled all day in the rain, arriving at the inn at IJO in the evening. The land is very low-lying, with many bogs, few hills, numerous small streams. There is plenty of grass but it is badly cultivated. The forest is mainly birch with some conifers mixed in. Juniper grows bigger here and is very common, though the bush form also occurs. Birch, willow, poplar were turning yellow; rowans, on the other hand, were turning red; many mosses.
(§1063) The farmers had so much smoke in their eyes in their cabins that their eyes ran, but they were more worried about losing heat than about their eyes. The same plough was used here as in Kemi.
(§1140) The road has been so close to the sea almost the whole way from Kemi that it has been possible to see the water through the forest.
Practical data about this location:
- Written: Kemi Lappmark
- GPS (lat,lon): [65.73641, 24.56371]
- Geoname: 653281