Karpowicze
large village by the Road to Dąbrowa Białostocka. Founded in the 16th century. At first, its name was ‘Brzozowa’, in the 17th century village name changed to a name of its owners – Karpowicz family. The village belonged to the Karp family as early as in 16th century /there is a manor here/, in the middle of 19th century – to Szumkowski family. As a penalty for participation in January Uprising the properties were forcefully sold and the church build in 1773 closed and later disassembled. In the end of 19th century, the land was owned by Krejbich family, after 1944 it was parcelled out. In the village, there is a masonry shrine and a few crosses, including cast iron-stone ones from second half of the 19th century. In place of the old manor complex there is a pole shrine. Coach station. After passing the village and crossing the bridge on Brzozówka river, we walk down the escarpment and go along the river. After 210m there are road signs, we pass them and turn right, then walk westward using a gravel road among the meadows. The road is a border of the Biebrza National Parks’ buffer zone. One can easily notice the abundance of water and marsh bird species, their presence being an additional attraction. After reaching an asphalt road, we take a turn left and after approx. 2km we arrive to the northern edge of Suchowola. It is 58th kilometre of the trail. We cross the Białystok – Augustów road and using a gravel road we go northeast. We reach the Okopy village.