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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 708 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WINDERMERE , the largest See also:

lake in See also:England, in the See also:south-eastern See also:part of the Lake See also:District (q.v.). It is in the See also:county of See also:Westmorland, the boundary with See also:Lancashire See also:running from the See also:head southward along the western See also:shore, See also:round the See also:foot and northward along about one-third of the eastern shore. It forms a narrow trough with a slightly curved See also:axis of roa m. The width at right angles to the axis never reaches r m. The See also:area is 5.69 sq. m. The shores are generally steep, beautifully wooded and fretted with numerous little sheltered bays. The hills immediately surrounding the lake rarely reach r000 ft., but the distant views of the mountains to the See also:north and See also:west contrast finely with the sylvan beauty of the lake itself. The See also:middle of the lake, immediately opposite Bowness, is especially beautiful, for here a See also:group of islands (Belle Isle, See also:Thompson's Holme, the Lilies and others) See also:divide the lake into two basins, the See also:water about them seldom exceeding 50 ft. in See also:depth. On the other See also:hand, the greatest depth sounded in the See also:northern See also:basin is 219 ft., and in the See also:southern 134. The lake receives the Rothay and Brathay streams at the head; See also:Trout See also:Beck also flows into the north basin, and Cunsey Beck from Esthwaite into the south. The lake is drained by the See also:Leven. Steamers belonging to the See also:Furness Railway See also:Company ply regularly on Windermere, the See also:chief stations being Lakeside, the See also:terminus of a See also:branch railway, beautifully situated at the foot, See also:Ferry on the west shore below the islands, Bowness on the See also:east and Waterhead, at the head, for See also:Ambleside.

The lake contains See also:

perch, See also:pike, trout and See also:char; there are several large hotels at Bowness and elsewhere on its shores. The See also:town of WINDERMERE, above the eastern shore adjacent to Bowness (q.v.), is in the See also:Appleby See also:parliamentary See also:division of Westmorland, and is the terminus of a branch of the See also:London and North-Western railway from Oxenhoime junction. Numerous mansions and villas have grown up in the vicinity. Here, from Orrest Head, in the grounds of Elleray, where lived See also:Professor See also:Wilson (See also:Christopher North), superb views over the whole lake and its surroundings are obtained. In 1905 Bowness and Windermere were See also:united as a single See also:urban district.

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