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NEUCHATEL, LAKE OF

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NEUCHATEL, See also:LAKE OF . This lake, in W. See also:Switzerland, is with the neighbouring lakes of See also:Bienne and See also:Morat (both connected with it by canals), the See also:modern representative of the large See also:body of See also:water which at one See also:time seems to have filled the whole of the , See also:lower valley of the See also:Aar, It is now the most considerable See also:sheet of water which is wholly within Switzerland (since parts of those gloves, See also:beer, See also:malt, See also:cheese and See also:sugar, while large See also:pig markets are of See also:Geneva and See also:Constance belong to See also:foreign countries), though it does not belong entirely to any one See also:Canton—of its See also:total See also:area of 922 sq. m., 361 sq. m. are in the Canton of Neuchatel and rather over 33 sq. m. in that of See also:Vaud, while See also:Fribourg claims 201 sq. m. and Berne 2 sq. m. It is about 231 M. in length, varies from 32 to 5 M. in width, and has a maximum See also:depth of 502 ft., while its See also:surface is 1427 ft. above See also:sea-level. It is mainly formed by the Thiele or Zihl See also:river, which enters it at its See also:south-western end and issues from it at its See also:north-eastern extremity, but it also receives, near its north-See also:west end, the Areuse (flowing through the Val de Travers) and the Seyon (which traverses the Val de Rua), as well as, near its north-See also:east end, the Broye (that flows through a See also:canal from the Lake of Morat). Successive drainages have brought to See also:light the remains of many lake dwellings, of which there is a See also:good collection in the natural See also:history museum at Neuchatel. The scenery of the lake, though pleasing, cannot compare with that of the other Swiss lakes, despite the fact that from it the giants of both the Mont See also:Blanc and Bernese Oberland ranges are clearly seen. The first steamer was placed on the lake in 1827. On the south-eastern See also:shore the picturesque and See also:historical little See also:town of Estavayer is the See also:chief See also:place. At the south-western extremity of the lake is Yverdon (the Eburodunum of the See also:Romans and the See also:residence of the educationalist See also:Pestalozzi, 1806-1825). Far more populated is the north-western shore, where, from S.W. to N.E., we find See also:Grandson (famous for the See also:battle of 1476 wherein See also:Charles the Bold, See also:duke of See also:Burgundy, was defeated by the Swiss), Cortaillod (producing excellent sparkling See also:wine), Serrieres (with the famous manufactories of Suchard See also:chocolate) and Neuchatel itself. On the north shore is La Tene, famous for the remarkable See also:relics of the See also:Iron See also:Age that have been discovered there.

(W. A. B.

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