Lake Tuusula

Lake Tuusula

View to south from Tervanokka, Järvenpää.
Location Uusimaa
Coordinates 60°26′N 025°03′E / 60.433°N 25.050°ECoordinates: 60°26′N 025°03′E / 60.433°N 25.050°E
Primary outflows Tuusulanjoki
Basin countries Finland
Max. length 8 km (5.0 mi)
Surface area 6 km2 (2.3 sq mi)
Average depth 3.2 m (10 ft)
Surface elevation 37.8 m (124 ft)
Settlements Tuusula, Järvenpää

Lake Tuusula[1][2][3][4][5][6] (Finnish: Tuusulanjärvi, Swedish: Tusby träsk) is a lake on the border of the municipalities of Tuusula and Järvenpää in Southern Finland. The lake has an area of 6.0 square kilometres. Since the beginning of the twentieth century the shores of Lake Tuusula has been an artist's colony. The houses of Jean Sibelius,[2] Juhani Aho, Pekka Halonen, Eero Järnefelt, Joonas Kokkonen, and Aleksis Kivi are on the edges of the lake.

In 1992, as part of restoration efforts to improve the quality of water in the lake, additional water started to be fed into the Lake via the Päijänne Water Tunnel.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Close to nature". Welcome to Tuusula's website. Municipality of Tuusula. 2009-07-24. Retrieved 2009-12-26. The heart of the municipality is Lake Tuusula, one of the most extensively studied lakes in [Finland].
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Welcome". Tuusula Lake Tourism Association. Retrieved 2009-12-27. artists built their homes by the Lake Tuusula. The composer Jean Sibelius
  3. ↑ "Tourist organisations". Port of Helsinki. Retrieved 2009-12-27. Lake Tuusula is only half an hour's drive north from Finland's capital
  4. ↑ "Järvenpää City Tourist Office". Regional Tourist Offices. Finnish Tourist Board. Järvenpää Tourist Office can provide information about the Lake Tuusula
  5. ↑ "The Lakeside Blues Festival in Järvenpää". The Lakeside Blues Office. Main concert on an outdoor venue near Lake Tuusula
  6. ↑ "The restoration of the lake begins". Lake Tuusula Water Protection Association. Retrieved 2009-12-27.
  7. ↑ "Directing extra water". Efforts to save the lake. Lake Tuusula Water Protection Association. 2004-07-14. Retrieved 2009-12-27. diversion of extra water to Lake Tuusula through Päijänne water tunnel and Lake Rusut since 1992

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