In Soviet Union, after a number of administrative changes, the area ended up in the Arkhangelsk Oblast.

The Lake Kenozero is the source of the Kena River, a major left tributary of the Onega.

Some areas along the Karelian border drain into the basin of the Vodla, and eventually to the Baltic Sea.

One of them is Porzhensky Pogost in the western part of the park, which is the ensemble of St. George church with the bell-tower (both from the 18th century) surrounded by the wooden wall with gates and towers (1789).

In the southern part, south of Lake Lyokshmozero, there is an unpaved road connecting Kargopol and Pudozh.

Another road in the northern part of the park branches off from the Onezhsky Trakt, connecting Kargopol via Plesetsk to Yemetsk.