Chautauqua Lake

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The Chautauqua Lake is a Lake in Chautauqua County in the U.S. state of New York.

The crescent-shaped water with a length of 25 and a maximum width of 3.3 kilometers, has a surface of 53 square kilometers, making it the fourth largest lake in the state. The up to 23 -meter-deep lake has 66 km of shoreline, with the exception of four kilometers all, however, are privately owned by the riparian land. Main place on Chautauqua Lake is the small town of Jamestown drains the lake at the southeast corner, from which also the only outlet: the Chadakoin River, a 16 km long tributary of the third degree of the Ohio River. In numerous small tributaries the catchment area of the lake measures 470 square kilometers.

The lake is used primarily as a recreation area, is a popular sailing area and can be traveled by tourists, for example, with boats. World famous, he is also among anglers as an excellent area for fishing the muskellunge. Approximately in its geographic center in Bemus Point Chautauqua Lake has a significant narrowing where it is only 280 meters wide. There a ferry between the two shores, while 600 meters Interstate 86 runs across the Veterans Memorial Bridge, which was opened on 30 October 1982.

• Lake in North America
• Lake in New York
• River system Ohio River