Lake sights in Windermere & Bowness

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   Lake Windermere

   • Windermere & Bowness, England
   • Sights › Lake

   Somewhat bizarrely, Lake Windermere is officially a public highway - giving it the same status as a main road or an intercity motorway - and in the early 19th-century cargo ships carrying coal, lumber, copper and slate were a common sight on its waters. The first steam passenger ferry was launched on the lake in 1845, just two years before the railway arrived in town, and lake cruises quickly became one of the town's most popular pastimes (and biggest earners).

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