Lake Vozhe Lake Vozhe Lake Vozhe, also known as Lake Charondskoye (), is a lake in the northern part of Vologda Oblast in Russia. The area of the lake is , and the area of its basin is . The average depth is around (maximum depth is ). Lake Vozhe drains through the Svid River into Lake Lacha, from which the Onega River flows out. The lake is located on a flatland and its shores are low-lying and swampy. The biggest swamp, the Charonda Swamp, is located to the southeast of the lake. Around twenty rivers flow into Lake Vozhe, including the
Onega Bay of the bay there are the town of Belomorsk and the outlet of the White Sea-Baltic Canal. From the east, the bay is limited by the Onega Peninsula. In the south-east, the town of Onega is located close to the shore of the bay. Administratively, the coast and the islands are shared between Kemsky and Belomorsky Districts of the Republic of Karelia, and Onezhsky, Primorsky, and Solovetsky Districts of Arkhangelsk Oblast. Most of the minor islands, including all of Sumsky Skerries, belong to Belomorsky District. The Onega Bay coast was populated by Russians (Novgorodians, of whom the pomors are the