1. The stream Risslanpuro (Risslabäcken), which flows into the Fiskars river, has its origin in two lakes: Pitkäjärvi (Långsjö) which lies 46 meters above sea level, and Myllyjärvi (Kvarnsjö) which lies 39 meters above sea level. The water from both sources rushes over splendid waterfalls to flow on through a field 16 meters above sea level.

2. Shooting platform for hunting white-tailed deer.

3. The rapids of the Pitkäjärvi stream flow through an idyllic grove. This undisturbed place is home to a great variety of vegetation.

4. Ruins, and cultivated plants gone wild, bear witness to earlier inhabitants.

5. Myllyjärvi falls into the Rissla rapids.In 1899, the Rissla Power Plant was built below the rapids and housed the first high-voltage generator in the country, capable of producing a staggering 3,000 volts. Today, the Power Plant, which was destroyed in a fire in 1968, is privately owned. The rapids themselves are some 100 meters long and the total fall is more than 20 meters. The water was led into the turbine through an 80-cm wide wooden pipe. The stone bases for the pipe still stand and some remains of the pipe are visible below the dam. In 2000 and 2001, a total of 3,000 sea trout fry were released into the Rissla rapids.

6. A channel was dug from the Pitkäjärvi stream to give the Power Plant access to more water. It was dug by hand, using shovels, wheelbarrows, and a horse, which in itself makes it an impressive job of work.

7. The old dam is still used to regulate the water flow.

8. Old coniferous forest in its natural state. The trees here were young during the 1808–1809 Finnish war. The shield bark of their trunks and the bushy top foliage are signs of great age.

9. Resting areaby the beautiful Lake Myllyjärvi. Designed by Leena Peltonen.

10. The remains of an old wolf pit is one of several pits along the same wolf trail.

11. There are several remains of pre-Roman Iron Age (c. 500 BC to the beginning of the Christian Era) houses and graves in the Torby area. This grave is one fine example.

12. Torby Hill. Sheep are grazed here to keep the landscape open in an area where ancient homes are located.

The fascinating cultural history of Torby Hill is represented by:

• pre-Roman Iron Age graves
• terrace-like ancient fields
• signs of ancient iron-making from lake or bog ore
• cultivated plants gone wild.

From the top of the hill there is a view of Lake Degersjö. Its surface is 18.5 meters above sea level and it is the last lake in a wide and multi-branched series of waterways. The water from Degersjö falls into the Fiskars river, which passes through three rapids and, in turn, falls into the sea at the bay of Pohjanpitäjän lahti (Pojoviken).

13. Wartime charcoal ovens. When gasoline was scarce, cars were equipped with gas-producing generators and run, among other things, on charcoal.

14. Hazel grove. Hazels used to be numbered among the so-called bearing trees, the fruits of which could be picked only by their owners. Today, the hazelnuts barely grow ripe before nutcrackers harvest the crop. Nutcrackers are a fairly recent addition to the fauna of Finland, but even in January they begin nesting around Fiskars Village. The wood of the hazel is flexible and tough and has been used for many purposes, such as fishing rods, bands around barrels, and boat frames. The well-known master cabinetmaker Georg Haupt, court cabinetmaker to Gustavus III, used hazel for the slides that carry the drawers in the furniture he made. The root system of a hazel tree is very nearly eternal, because as the mature stems die new ones are growing up from the roots.

15. Spruce wood, planted in a field in 1969. Thinning out of the spruce firs was first done in 1998.

16. A European larch, grown from seed in 1844. Only a dozen or so 'museum stems' remain of the old woods. The tree marked with a pole is exactly 100 cm in diameter at breast height. The stem without branches measures some 13 cubic meters.

Teksti: Stig Nordman