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(1889) [MARC] Author: Karl Baedeker
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tbe most beautiful river in Sweden. The Ångerinan-Elf, which
descends from several lakes near the Norwegian frontier, is
navigable as far as Sollefteå, about 65 Engl. M. from Hernösand (5hrs.;
fares 5, 3 kr.; well-appointed steamers, with restaurants on board).
Railway from Sollefteå to Bräcke. see p. 371. The broad estuary
of the river opens about 3 sea-miles to the N. of Hernösand, and
6 M. from its mouth lies Nyland (Gästgifvaregård), where the
water is deep enough for large sea-going vessels.

Above Nyland the Ångermanland, as this district is called, is
sometimes styled the ‘garden of Sweden’, and the banks of the
river are well cultivated at places. The scenery is pleasing and
picturesque all the way to Sollefteå (Appelberg’s Källare
^Berg-land’s Hotel), at the confluence of the Faxe-Elf and the
Anger-man-Elf, a flourishing little place, where the vegetation is
unusually rich for so northern a Jatitude (60°). Travellers may drive
hence to Liden, on the Norra Ångerman-Elf, 2S Engl M. above
Sollefteå, another beautiful place. Instead of returning from Sollefteå
to the Gulf of Bothnia, the traveller may drive to Pilgrimstad
[p. 371) and take the train thence to Sundsvall (p. 373) or
Östersund (p. 371). — The next station to the N. of Hernösand, a little
beyond the Lungö lighthouse, is (15 M.) —

Örnsköldsvik (Hotel), a small seaport with 610 inhab. and
several extensive timber-yards. About halfway between
Örnsköldsvik and Umeå, at the head of the Nordmalings-Fjord, lies —
Xordmaling, another small seaport, of which timber is the
staple commodity. We next reach, IS M. from Örnsköldsvik, —
Umeå (Hotel Forsberg; Stadskällaren), the capital of
Vester-bottens Län, with 3000 inhab., situated at the mouth of the
Umeå or Ume-Elf. Vessels of heavy tonnage cannot ascend the
estuary beyond Holmsund. The ordinary coasting steamers,
however, proceed as far as Djupvik, from which passengers are
conveyed to the town by a smaller steamer. The town, founded
in 162*2, was repeatedly plundered by the Russians, and like most
of the other timber-built towns in Sweden has frequently been
injured by fires. The staple commodities are timber, tar, and beer.
Near the town the river is crossed by a wooden bridge, upwards of
300 yds. in length, resting on stone piers. — To the N. of Umeå
the steamboat passes the lighthouses of Holino, Gadd, and
Fjäderägg. and next touches at (10 M.) —

Ralan, a busy little seaport, trading chiefly in timber. A little
farther N. is Djekneboda. where the Swedes sustained a severe
defeat in 1S09 when attempting to drive out the Russian invaders.
The next important station, 14 M. from Ratan, is —

Skellefteå (Källare), a little town with 1000 inhab., founded
in 1845, and possessing a large and handsome domed church, the
finest in the Norrland, standing out as conspicuously, says L.
v. Buch, as the temple of Palmyra. The steamer stops at Ursvik, at

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