Name/Title
StereographEntry/Object ID
2023.055.3.0253Description
A black and white stereograph. Image is of a lake, a single tree is in the foreground while a mountain is seen in the background. Above the image "T288 (Star)" is printed above the image, "2659T "The Spot an Angel Deigned to Grace" - Loch Katrine, Scotland." is printed below the image, to the left of the image "Keystone View Company COPYRIGHTED Manufacturers MADE IN U.S.A. Publishers" is printed, to the right of the image "Meadville, Pa., New York, N. Y., Chicago, Ill., London, England." is printed. On the reverse the following is printed:
2659
THE HAUNT OF "THE LADY OF THE LAKE" - LOCH KATRINE, SCOTLAND
The vista of wild and lovely lake and mountainside wch here lies before us might well be situated in the heart of some primeval wilderness. But it lies, in fact, almost in the center of Scotland, less than 60 miles from Edinburgh and only about 25 from Glasgow. This charming body of water is Loch Katrine, probably the most renowned of all the famous Scottish lakes, and it is visited annually by thousands of travelers from every part of the world, drawn hither not alone by its rare beauty, but by the wealth of legend, romance, and history which clusters around it. Sir Walter Scott in his romantic poem, "The Lady of the Lake," placed the sylvan retreat of his heroine on Ellen's Isle, in the midst of Loch Katrine, and on one of the hills looking down upon its expanse of blue waters he cause his English hero to meet the band of stout Higland rebels whose chieftain proudly declared to the intruder:
"These are Clan Alpine's warriors true,
And, Saxon, I am Roderick Dhu!"
Loch Katirne is in the mountainous region of the Trossachs, its surface being 400 feet above the sea level, while along its northern shore mountains rise to an altitude of 1,800 feet and on the south the peak of Ben Venue towers 2,863 feet aloft. Because of the numerous brooks and torrents which feed it from the surrounding mountain slopes, the waters of the lake are exceptionally pure, forming a vast reservoir 16 miles long and in place as much as 500 feet deep. From this source the city of Glasgo draws its main water supply, through a gravity aqueduct. The natural outlet of the lake is the river Teith, which, flowing southeastward, joins the river Forth near Stirling.
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