Seneca Lake, one of a range of narrow lakes in the western part of the state of New York. It is 36 miles from north to south, 2 miles in average width, and 530 feet deep. Steamboats ply daily from end to end.—For the Seneca Indians, from whom the lake takes its name, see IROQUOIS.—Seneca (q.v.) is a form of the same word.—Seneca Oil is an old name for Petroleum (q.v.).
Seneca Lake
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 9: Bound to Swansea, p. 313
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