In 18 November 1955, independence day of Latvia he announced to Venezuelan newspaper El Nacional that this stream without any known local name shall be called after Latvian river - Gauja.
The Estonian commander General Johan Laidoner insisted the Germans withdraw to a line south of the Gauja river.
The major part of the national park and the dominant is the old valley of the Gauja River.
Gauja |
The Gulbene Region's biggest rivers (Gauja, Tirza and Pededze) are currently popular locations for nature tourism and water-sports, but once these were famous places for harvesting river-pearls.