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Furuträsket

Furuträsket is a small, quiet forest lake sitting at 186 metres above sea level in Överkalix municipality, deep in Norrbotten in northern Sweden. Barely 30 hectares across with about 2.2 kilometres of shoreline, it is the kind of subarctic woodland water you come to for silence, birdsong and the open sky rather than for any built-up attraction. What makes it special to a visitor is its setting: the lake lies inside the Brändknösarna nature reserve, its waters drain toward the mighty Kalixälven and on to the Gulf of Bothnia, and the Arctic Circle passes only a few kilometres away. It is a destination for fishing, hiking and slow nature time on the edge of the far north, far from the crowds.