The Alassalmi Ferry is a

cable ferry A cable ferry (including the terms chain ferry, swing ferry, floating bridge, or punt) is a ferry that is guided (and in many cases propelled) across a river or large body of water by cables connected to both shores. Early cable ferries often ...

linking

Manamansalo Manamansalo is the largest island in the Oulujärvi, the fifth largest lake in Finland. Administratively it belongs to the Vaala municipality in North Ostrobothnia, or Kainuu until 2016. It is the seventh largest inland island in Finland, or the ...

island and mainland, across the Alassalmi strait on lake

Oulujärvi Oulujärvi (; sv, Ule träsk; also known as Lake Oulu) is a large lake in the Kainuu region of Finland. With an area of it is the fifth largest lake in the country. The lake is drained by the Oulu River, which flows northwestward from the lake ...

, in

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bot ...

. The ferry links the south-western coast of Manamansalo island with the west of lake

, on the municipality of Vaala in

Kainuu Kainuu ( sv, Kajanaland) is one of the 19 regions of Finland (''maakunta'' / ''landskap''). Kainuu borders the regions of North Ostrobothnia, North Savo and North Karelia. In the east, it also borders Russia (Republic of Karelia). Culturally ...

, Finland. The crossing is long, and is used by road 8820. The boat presently in service was designed in 1971 by Parkano company; she weighs , for a draught. The platform is long and wide and can carry , allowing for 21 cars. She is operated by the FinFerries company.

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Alassalmi
(finferries.fi) {{Coord, 64, 20, 30, N, 026, 54, 13, E, region:FI_type:landmark, display=title Oulujärvi Vaala Ferries of Finland Cable ferries