 This is the river Vefsna
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| The watercourse Vefsna is running through
the municipals Hattfjelldal, Grane and Vefsn in southern Helgeland,
and is the greatest watercourse in the county Nordland of Norway.
The main upper course in Norway is called Susna, but after the meeting with the river Unkra, which comes from Sweden, it gets the name Eastern Vefsna. It is now running westward and takes up the siderivers from the south, Fiplingdalselva and Svenningdalselva. At the community Trofors it turns northward, and takes the name Vefsna. Further downward we get the famous waterfalls Laksfors and Forsjordfors, as well as a big sideriver from the west, Eiteråga, before the river runs into the fjord Vefsnfjorden at the small town Mosjøen, 160 km from its far-off source. The nature in the area is very varied. Here we have narrow V-valleys, where the river runs into wild chutes at the bottom. But also wide U-valleys where the river is running quiely and clearly. Here are big waters |
such as Svenningvatnet, Fiplingvatnet and Unkervatnet,
with farms and huts along the water's edge. But also small waters and
tarns high up in the mountains, where lichen and mose are the only
vegetation. Here are many kilometers with bog and forests, great mountain
plateaus,
trickling brooks and powerful waterfalls, and in the middle of this,
farms, leisure huts and small vigorous local communities. From Mosjøen and upward along the watercourse as many as 15 000 people live to day. Most of them live in and around Mosjøen, but also the community centers Trofors and Hattfjelldal have a lot of people; besides that we have farming and forestry along most of the watercourse. The exploitation of the watercourse will therefore happen directly outside the "stow windows" to several thousands of people in magnificent and vigorous cultural and natural landscapes
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