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Lake Rousseau is a reservoir on the Withlacoochee River in central Florida, on the boundary of Levy County to the north-west, Marion County to the north-east, and Citrus County to the south. It was created in the early 1900s when the river was dammed. Florida Power Corp operated a hydroelectric plant from 1909 to 1965 at the western end of the ...
The lake is surrounded by many cottages, some dating back to the late 19th century. The village of Rosseau is located at the northern tip of Lake Rosseau and is the location of one of the original Ontario summer resorts which brought exposure to the area. Pratts Point and Rosseau House were well known and although the hotel was destroyed long ...
The first wilderness hotel, called Rosseau House, was built at the head of Lake Rosseau in 1870. It was owned by New Yorker William H. Pratt . The idea caught on and the number of tourists increased, establishing the tourist industry as the up-and-coming money earner in the 1880s.
Lake Rosseau/Arthurlie Bay Water Aerodrome (TC LID: CPF9) is located adjacent to Port Carling, Ontario, Canada. See also. List of airports in the Port Carling area;
It overlooks Lake Rosseau. Originally intended as the residence of Thomas Aitken, who purchased the land in 1863 after relocating from Scotland, the house later expanded to accommodate guests. Aitken's subsequent home nearby would become the Windermere Cottage.
Rosseau Lake College (RLC) is a co-ed boarding and day school for students from Grades 7 to 12, located on Lake Rosseau, in the village of Rosseau, on the southern border of the District of Parry Sound in Northern Ontario, Canada.
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Florida.. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3).
The greatest depth of the lake, in the broad portion between Évian-les-Bains and Lausanne, where it is just 13 km (8.1 mi) in width, has been measured as 310 m (1,020 ft), putting the bottom of the lake at 62 m (203 ft) above sea level. The lake's surface is the lowest point of the cantons of Valais and Vaud. [9]