Halosenranta

The cradle of local housing

Halosenniemi is the oldest Finnish settlement in Kemijärvi, which is also reflected in the
the monument to Paul Halonen erected on the peninsula. Rising on the eastern shore of Lahti
has been considered a sacred place for the Sámi people, and in the 19th century it is said to have been the site of the
a silver cache was also found in the 1800s.