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Lake Zug (, ) is a lake in Central Switzerland, situated between Lake Lucerne and Lake Zurich. It stretches for between Arth and the Cham-Zug bay. The Lorze as the main feeder river empties its waters into the lake at its northern extremity, but further west issues from the lake to pursue its course towards the Reuss. Due to this poor feeding, Environmental protection is very important as the lake would suffer long term damage if polluted as the second of the rivers, Rigiaa, feeds only a marginal amount into the lake at its southern end. Already a great part of the fauna in the deep parts of the lake has been lost.

Background

301x301px|thumb|left|Lake Zug with view of [[Rigi]]

The lake is mostly within the borders of the Canton of Zug, with about at its southern end in the canton Schwyz, while the Canton of Lucerne claims about to the north of Immensee. Toward the south-west extremity of the lake the Rigi descends rather steeply to the water's edge, while part of its east shore forms a narrow level band at the foot of the Rossberg, and the Zugerberg. The culminating point of the lake's drainage basin is the summit of the Rigi at .

At its northern end, the shores are nearly level, while on the west shore the wooded promontory of Buonas (with its castles, old and new) projects picturesquely into the waters. The principal place on the lake is the town of Zug. Three railways follow the shore of the lake, one from Zürich via Zug and Arth-Goldau to Saint-Gotthard, one from Lucerne via Arth-Goldau to Saint-Gotthard, and the third from Zürich via Zug to Lucerne.

Many fish (including pike and carp of considerable weights) are taken in the lake, which is especially famous for an endemic kind of trout (Salmo salvelinus, locally called Rolheli).

History

The first steamer was placed on the lake in 1852.

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! Name

! Year / Origin / Warft

! <small>Length / wide / deep / max. Pax.</small>

! Note:

! Picture

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| MS

| Zug

| 2003 / Linz / Österreichische Schiffswerften AG

| 45,60&nbsp;m / 9,20&nbsp;m / 1,20&nbsp;m / 450

| in use

| 140px

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| MS

| Schwyz

| 1997 / Kressbronn / Bodan-Werft

| 31,20&nbsp;m / 7,00&nbsp;m / 1,00&nbsp;m / 150

| in use

| 140px

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| MS

| Rigi

| 1992 / Kressbronn / Bodan Werft

| 46,50&nbsp;m / 9,50&nbsp;m / 1,60&nbsp;m / 450

| in use

| 140px

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| MS

| Schwan

| 1923 / Lauenburg an der Elbe / Hitzler Werft

| 17,23&nbsp;m / 3,67&nbsp;m / 0,40&nbsp;m

| ex. Morgarten (1923-1949); ex. Harder (1949-2001); in use

| 140px

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References

  • Zugersee Schifffahrt lake cruises