Bårgnes Woods

The Bårgnes Wood are a section of forest on Fyrkyrak that run east of Bårgnes between the Kølgers and the south Fyrkyrak coast. The largest woods on all of Finnfearan at ... acres they make up ...% of Fyrkyraks area. Due to the diverse landscape, the great contrast between wood, coast and mountain, and the relatively sheltered location from the regular northern winds, the area is popular for walking and other outdoors activities.

History
The area has been forested since ancient times, but in the 16th century to make room for increased sheep farming the Jarl at the time ordered a great area of the wood to be cut down. As sheep farming became less profitable in the 20th century and timber prices increased for the slow growing pine the area was reforested. Many of the abandoned farm houses and shepherds huts still exist within the forrest. Efforts in the 1970s were made to turn the woods and Kølger mountains into a regional park, which was granted in 1981.