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THUN, LAKE OF

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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 898 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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THUN, See also:LAKE OF , in the Swiss See also:canton of See also:Bern, the second lake (the first being that of See also:Brienz) into which the See also:river See also:Aar (q.v.) expands. It lies in a deep hollow between (N.W.) the See also:town of Thun (q.v.) and (E.) the See also:plain on which See also:Interlaken (q.v.) is built between this lake and that of Brienz. It is 112 m. in length, 2 m. in width, and its maximum See also:depth is 712 ft., while its See also:area is 182 sq. m., and its See also:surface is 1837 ft. above See also:sea-level. Most splendid views of the See also:great snowy peaks of the Bernese Ober-See also:land range are obtained from the lake, while the beauty of its shores renders it a formidable See also:rival in point of picturesqueness to the Lake of See also:Lucerne. Its See also:chief feeder is the Kander (swollen shortly before by the Simme), which in 1714 was diverted by a See also:canal into the lake (See also:south-western end). On or above the south-western See also:shore (along which runs the railway from Thun to Interlaken, 172 m.) are Spiez (a picturesque See also:village with an See also:ancient See also:castle, and the starting-point of See also:railways towards the Gemmi and See also:Montreux) and Aeschi (admirably situated on a high See also:ridge). On the other shore of the lake are Oberhofen and Gunten(above which is Sigriswil), and Merligen, while above the lake, near its See also:east end, are the wooded heights of St Beatenberg, well known to summer visitors. The first steamer was placed on the lake in 1835. " (W. A. B.

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