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▲ |name = Lake of Menteith
| image = Lake of Menteith looking towards Port of Monteith.jpg | alt =
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| type = freshwater [[loch]]
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|basin_countries = Scotland▼
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| outflow = [[River Forth]]
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|islands = [[Inchmahome]], Dog Isle, [[Inch Talla]]▼
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|islands_category = Islands of the Lake of Menteith▼
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| width = {{convert|0.6|km|mi|abbr=on}}<ref name="bathy"/>
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| elevation = {{convert|36|m|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="britlakes"/>
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==Name==
Until the early 19th century, the more usual Scottish name of '''Loch of Menteith''' was used. On the Blaeu Atlas of Scotland, 1654, it is named as Loch Inche Mahumo. The only settlement of any size on the Lake of Menteith is [[Port of Menteith]].<ref>{{cite journal|magazine=The Scots Magazine|volume=74| publisher=D.C. Thomson |year=1960|page=374|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MY4eAQAAMAAJ|title=Why is the Lake of Menteith a lake and not a Loch?}}</ref>
==Geography==
There are a number of small islands in the loch. On the largest, [[Inchmahome]], is [[Inchmahome Priory]], an ancient [[monastery]]. The [[priory]] served as refuge to [[Mary, Queen of Scots]], in 1547. She was only four years old at the time and stayed for three weeks after the disastrous [[Battle of Pinkie Cleugh]] in September of that year. The Loch is not particularly deep and can freeze over completely in exceptionally cold winters. If the ice becomes thick enough — at least {{convert|7|in|cm}}<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/8439865.stm|title=Curlers prepare for 'Grand Match'|work=BBC News|accessdate=5 January 2010 | date=5 January 2010}}</ref> — an outdoor [[curling]] tournament called The [[Bonspiel]] or the [[Grand Match]] is held on the loch. The event can attract thousands of curlers despite its rarity. The last Grand Match was held in 1979. The planned 2010 Bonspiel was abandoned on health and safety grounds.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/8448669.stm|title=Grand Match off over safety fears|work=BBC News|accessdate=9 January 2010 | date=8 January 2010}}</ref>▼
▲The Loch is not particularly deep and can freeze over completely in exceptionally cold winters. If the ice becomes thick enough — at least {{convert|7|in|cm}}<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/8439865.stm|title=Curlers prepare for 'Grand Match'|work=BBC News|accessdate=5 January 2010 | date=5 January 2010}}</ref> — an outdoor [[curling]] tournament called The [[Bonspiel]] or the [[Grand Match]] is held on the loch. The event can attract thousands of curlers despite its rarity. The last Grand Match was held in 1979. The planned 2010 Bonspiel was abandoned on health and safety grounds.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/8448669.stm|title=Grand Match off over safety fears|work=BBC News|accessdate=9 January 2010 | date=8 January 2010}}</ref>
[[File:Curling on Lake of Menteith - geograph.org.uk - 1756810.jpg|thumb|Curling on Lake of Menteith]]
The Lake of Menteith is often thought of as the only body of water in [[Scotland]] that is referred to as a [[lake]]. Actually, there are others, some of which are artificial bodies: [[Pressmennan Lake]], the [[Lake of the Hirsel]], Lake Louise (within the grounds of [[Skibo Castle]]), Raith Lake in [[Kirkcaldy]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.raithlake.com/ |title=Raith Lake Trout Fishery |publisher=Raithlake.com |date= |accessdate=2012-11-06}}</ref> Upper Lake and Kelly Lake (both near [[Haddo House]]), Pitfour Lake, and Cally Lake (near [[Gatehouse of Fleet]]). There is also a sea bay near [[Kirkcudbright]] known as Manxman's Lake. Nearly all other major bodies of water in Scotland are known as [[loch]]s.
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