Moikipää's pooki 1668-1808 Already in the 14th century, the Wargön Channel (Bergön Channel, old sailing channel) was a busy and most important channel leading to Mustasaari.
The Wargön Channel ran north from the Bothnian Sea between Moikipää and the mainland to Bergön and Bredskär and then through Sillgrund and Korshamn to the Old Port of Vaasa.
The Wargön Channel could be both a safe and a fatal channel at the same time. Its countless shallows were capable of causing great dangers. Sailing ships of the old days, which were not very deep-bottomed, could sail safely in shallow waters as long as the crew carefully remembered to observe the fairways' markers and seamarks.
The Vayla was most likely put into use towards the end of the Middle Ages. The Korsnäs and Wargo markers are marked on Clas Classon's maps from 1650.
The most interesting historical event of the Wargö Pass was the creation of the first pooki in the Gulf of Bothnia, the Moikipää pooki. According to available documents, it was built in 1668 and equipped with a lighthouse in 1681.
The villagers of Molpe accepted the task of designing a completely new "far-visible tower", which would be at best 10-12 meters high. It was to be located on the "Halsö islet", i.e. in Moikipää. The construction costs of the tower were covered by a group of merchants from Vaasa, Uusikaarlepyy, Pietarsaari and Kokkola.
The Moikipää pooki has probably been occupied since 1681.
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