Katrine

Loch, lok kat'rin, a celebrated Scottish lake. It lies near the southwestern border of Perthshire. It is reached by a daily stage route from the nearest railway points. A steamer for the accommodation of tourists runs from one end of the lake to the other. The lake is about eight miles long and three-fourths of a mile in breadth. Its shores are variegated. Two mountains, Ben An and Ben Venue, rise from its banks. Near the southeastern end is Ellen's Isle, celebrated in Scott's Lady of the Lake. The natural outlet of the lake is through the Trossachs, but this passage has been closed by a dam. An underground tunnel over twenty-five miles in length leads to Glasgow, furnishing that city with an abundant supply of excellent water. A pathway leads from Loch Katrine to Loch Lomond near the northern foot of Ben Lomond. See Scott