' is a lake in Finland. Due to a mismanaged drainage attempt during 1859, the lake was reduced by around one third of its size. It flows through a channel formed in the drainage attempt, called

Höytiäisenkanava Höytiäisen kanava is a river of Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the ...

, into

Lake Pyhäselkä Pyhäselkä is a lake in Finland. It forms the northernmost part of the Saimaa lake system. Geography * Pieni Laitasaari, island References External links

* Saimaa Lakes of Rääkkylä Lakes of Liperi {{EasternFinland-geo-stub ...

in the province of

Northern Karelia North Karelia (or ''Northern Karelia'', ; ) is a Regions of Finland, region in eastern Finland. It borders the regions of Kainuu, Northern Savonia, North Savo, Southern Savonia, South Savo and South Karelia, as well as Russia's Republic of Kare ...

. This flows into the

Vuoksi River The Vuoksi (, historically: "Uzerva"; ; ; ) is a river running through the northernmost part of the Karelian Isthmus from Lake Saimaa in southeastern Finland to Lake Ladoga in northwestern Russia. The river enters Lake Ladoga in three branches ...

, then into the

Neva River The Neva ( , ; , ) is a river in northwestern Russia flowing from Lake Ladoga through the western part of Leningrad Oblast (historical region of Ingria) to the Neva Bay of the Gulf of Finland. Despite its modest length of , it is the fourth-l ...

delta and via Russia to the

Gulf of Finland The Gulf of Finland (; ; ; ) is the easternmost arm of the Baltic Sea. It extends between Finland to the north and Estonia to the south, to Saint Petersburg—the second largest city of Russia—to the east, where the river Neva drains into it. ...

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* Juuka LHoytiainen Lakes of Polvijärvi Lakes of Kontiolahti {{EasternFinland-geo-stub