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ZUG, LAKE OF

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 1048 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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LAKE
LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)
LAKE OF , one of the See also:

minor Swiss lakes, on the out-skirts of the See also:

ALPS

Alps and N. of that of See also:

Lucerne. Probably at some former date it was connected by means of the Lake of Lowerz and the See also:

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain of Brunnen with the Lake of Lucerne. At See also:

PRESENT

present it is formed by the Aa, which descends from the Rigi and enters the See also:

SOUTHERN

southern extremity of the lake. The Lorze pours its See also:

WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters into the lake at its See also:

NORTHERN

northern extremity, but i m. further W. issues from the lake to pursue its course towards the See also:

Reuss. The Lake of Zug has an See also:

AREA

area of about 1,5 sq. m., is about 9 m. in length, 21 M. in breadth, and has a maximum See also:

DEPTH

depth of 65o ft., while its See also:

SURFACE

surface is 1368 ft. above See also:

sea-level. For the most See also:

PART

part the lake is in the See also:

Canton of Zug, but the southern end is, co the extent of 34 sq. m., in that of See also:

Schwyz, while the Canton of Lucerne claims about 4 sq. m., to the N. of Immensee. Toward the S.W. extremity of the lake the Rigi descends rather steeply to the See also:

WATER

water's edge, while part of its See also:

east See also:

SHORE

shore forms a narrow level See also:

BAND

band at the See also:

FOOT

foot of the Rossberg (5194 ft.) and the Zugerberg. At its northern end the shores are nearly level, while on the See also:

west shore the wooded promontory of Buonas (with its castles, old and new) projects picturesquely into the waters. The See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place on the lake is the See also:

TOWN

town of Zug, whence a railway (formerly part of the St Gotthard See also:

main route) runs along its eastern shore past Walchwil to Arth at its See also:

south end, which is connected by a See also:

steam See also:

TRAMWAY

tramway with the Arth-Goldau station of the St Gotthard See also:

LINE

line. This line runs from Arth along the western shore to Immensee, where it bears S.W. to Lucerne, while from Immensee another railway leads (at first some way from the shore) to Cham, 3 M. W. of Zug. The first steamer was placed on the lake in 1852.

Many See also:

fish (including See also:

pike and See also:

CARP

carp of considerable weights) are taken in the lake, which is especially famous by See also:

REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason of a See also:

PECULIAR

peculiar See also:

KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of See also:

TROUT (Salmo trutta)

trout (See also:

SALINA

Salina salvelinus, locally called Rolheli). (W. A. B.

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