100 stories from the hiking route

1992 – Mukri Bog is taken under protection

Information

Topic

People and nature

Coordinates

Long-Lat WGS 84

Latitude: 58.7462944

Longitude: 24.97464722

L-EST 97

x: 6512266.2
y: 556424

Location

Ikla-Aegviidu Hiking route

The Mukri Bog is often colloquially referred to as Mukre, as it was named after Mukre Village. The southern part of the bog is also called the Ellamaa Bog. It is actually all a single bog that is simply split by the road built in the 1920s that connected the people of Mukre with Eidapere. This road, built on logs and bundles of branches, that crosses the bog has historical importance. The Mukri Bog is connected to many objects of cultural heritage. There is a spot in the southern part of the bog known also as the Krõõda Bog. According to a legend, a woman called Krõõt drowned in this bog and since then, the pines growing in the Mukri Bog have had red bark.
The former forestry workers’ building is located by the edge of the Mukri Bog. The local legend speaks about the landlord Mukre Toomas who kept taking trees from the state forest and was sued often for this. It is said that Toomas wrapped some nice spruces he planned on stealing with birch bark so he could tell in the dark which trees to cut. In the morning, he headed home with the trees he had cut down in the night. The forest ranger Anvere who met him on the way back complimented Toomas on his load of alders. The ranger then discovered the ruse and tied the bark around alders instead.

Sources: 
RMK Database of Cultural Heritage
Kristian, R., Tihkan, K. 2011. On maa, aga ei kanna, on vesi, aga sõuda ei saa. Eesti Loodus no. 6-7