Mērsrags

Mērsrags (German: Markgrafen) is a small harbor town in Talsi Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia, located on the west coast of the Gulf of Riga beside Lake Engure and surrounded by extensive woodlands.

The earliest information about Mērsrags is from the 15th century, when it was a small fishing hamlet beside the Gulf of Riga.

In 1842 a canal was dug from the north end of Lake Engure to the sea and in 1843 Mērsrags began to develop.

In 1926 a narrow-gauge railway came to Mērsrags and in 1927 the port was built to satisfy the needs of fishing boats and shipping.

A new fish processing plant was constructed as well as a net repair shop and an engineering workshop.