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Lakes

Pewaukee Lake, (or Pewaukee=we=ring lake of shells): So named by observing Indians on account of the great quantity of small shells found in the sand along the shore. These shells are not snail shells*, and hence Snail Lake (as it is sometimes called) is an incorrect translation of the Indian name. It is four miles and a half long and has an average width of about three fourths of a mile. The coast line around it is eleven and one sixth miles and its area is three and one third square miles or sections. It lies in the towns of [Nemahbin] Delafield and Pewaukee, at an elevation of two hundred and sixty three feet above Lake Michigan. It is supplied almost entirely by springs and discharges about three hundred cubic feet of water per minute, through the Pewaukee out=let into the Pishtaka river. Adam has been erected however at the foot of this lake which has raised its waters about four feet. It is surrounded by high, well wooded hills, rendering the scenery about it highly beautiful and interesting

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