The Alassalmi Ferry is a

cable ferry A cable ferry (including the types 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 () or Lake Oulu or Ule (), is a large lake in the Kainuu region of Finland. It is also historically known as Lake Cajania from a former name of Kainuu.. With an area of it is the List of lakes of Finland, fifth largest lake in the cou ...

, in

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 west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

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

, on the municipality of

Vaala Vaala () is a municipality in Finland. It is located in the North Ostrobothnia regions of Finland, region. Established in 1954 (predecessor municipality ''Säräisniemi'', established in 1867), the municipality has a population of () and covers ...

Kainuu Kainuu (), also historically known as Cajania (), 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 o ...

, Finland. The crossing is long, and is used by road 8820. The route us currently served by the ferry L-158, which was built at the Parkano shipyard in 1974; with a deadweight of 120 ton and a draught. The ferry is long and wide and can carry , allowing for 14 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