Windermere Lake Cruises Windermere Lake Cruises Windermere Lake Cruises is a boat company which provides leisure trips on Lake Windermere in the central part of the English Lake District. It is based in Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria. Windermere is the largest natural lake in England, and has supported commercial traffic for many years. In the early 19th century sailing packets operated the length of the lake carrying both passengers and goods. The first steamship on the lake, and indeed on any lake in England, was the paddle steamer "Lady of the Lake", launched in 1845 for the Windermere Steam Yacht Company. In 1847 a second
Lake Thompson (South Dakota) Lake Thompson (South Dakota) Lake Thompson is a lake in Kingsbury County, South Dakota, United States. With an area of , it is one of the largest natural lakes in South Dakota. The maximum depth of the lake is , and the shoreline has a length of . The lake is located in east-central South Dakota, on the Coteau des Prairies and is within the watershed of the Vermillion River. Lake Thompson's size is highly variable. It was completely dry during the 1930s. By the early 1990s, it had grown to cover (at times) , becoming the largest natural lake