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LAKE OF, a Swiss lake, extending S.E. of the See also:town of Zurich. It is formed by the See also:river See also:Linth, which, rising in the glaciers of the See also:Todi range in See also:Glarus, was diverted by the See also:Esther See also:canal (completed in 181x) into the See also:Walensee, whence, by means of the Linth canal (completed in 1816), its See also:waters are carried to the See also:east end of the lake of Zurich. This river issues from the lake at its See also:north-See also:west end, passing through the town of Zurich, but is then called the Limmat. No streams of importance flow into the lake. Its See also:area is about 34 sq. m., its extreme length 25 in., its greatest breadth 2 m., and its greatest See also:depth 469 ft., while its See also:surface is 1342 ft. above See also:sea-level. It is included, or the greater portion, in the See also:Canton of Zurich, but at its east end 84- sq. in. towards the See also:southern See also:shore are in that of See also:Schwyz, and 4 sq. M. towards the See also:northern shore in that of St See also:Gall. The See also:great See also:dam of See also:masonry, carrying the railway See also:line and See also:carriage road from Rapperswil to I'faffikon, which cuts off the extreme eastern See also:part of the lake from the See also:rest, is passed only by small boats; steamers (of which the first was placed on the lake in 1835) do not go beyond the dam, as the eastern portion of the lake is shallow and choked by weeds. West of this dam is the small See also:island of Ufenau, 'where in 1523 See also:Ulrich von See also:Hutten took See also:refuge and died. Both shores are well cultivated and fertile. There are many villas, particularly near Zurich, and elsewhere numerous factories in the various flourishing villages.

Zurich, at the north end of the 'lake, is the See also:

principal See also:place on it. On the west shore (which gradually becomes the See also:south shore) are Thalwil, See also:Horgen, Wadenswil, Richterswil, Pfaffikon, and Lachen. On the opposite shore are Meilen (near which the first lake dwellings were discovered in 1853-54), Stafa, and the See also:quaint town of Rapperswil, the See also:castle of which shelters a See also:Polish museum, wherein is the See also:heart of See also:Kosciuszko. Schmerikon is See also:close to the east end of the lake, and a little beyond is the more important town of Uznach. (W. A. B.

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