Derwentwater

Derwentwater, a sheet of water, stretching south from Keswick, the most beautiful of the Cumberland lakes. Lying 238 feet above sea-level, and engirt by steep wooded crags and hills, it is 3 miles long by 1 broad, and 72 feet deep at the deepest. Near its foot rises Castle Head (530 feet), commanding an exquisite view; whilst at its head are the celebrated Lodore Falls and Borrowdale (q.v.). This lake is an enlargement of the Derwent River, which traverses it in its course towards the Irish Sea at Workington. It has several wooded isles, besides a remarkable Floating Isle (q.v.). Perch are the fish most plentiful in the lake.