Katrine

Katrine, LOCH, one of the most celebrated of Scottish lakes, in Stirling and Perth shires, 5 miles E. of Loch Lomond and 9½ W. of Callander. Lying 364 feet above sea-level, it curves 8 miles east-south-eastward, is nowhere quite a mile broad, and has a maximum depth of 468 feet, and an area of 3119 acres. It discharges through Lochs Achray and Vennachar, to the Teith; and since 1859 has supplied Glasgow (q.v.) with water. Huge Benvenue (2393 feet) and Ben A'an (1500) rise steeply at its lower end, whose shores are beautifully wooded, with the mountain defile of the Trossachs beyond. Here, too, are the 'Silver Strand' and Ellen's Isle, the chief scene of the Lady of the Lake. Scott was often here during 1790-1809, as also in 1805 was Wordsworth with his sister Dorothy. See her Tour in Scotland, and Sir G. Airy's Topography of the Lady of the Lake (1873).