Bala Lake
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Bala Lake is a large freshwater glacial lake in Gwynedd, Wales. The River Dee, which has its source on the slopes of Dduallt in the mountains of Snowdonia, feeds the 3.7 miles (6.0 km) long by 0.5 miles (0.8 km) wide lake. It was the largest natural body of water in Wales even before its level was raised by Thomas Telford to provide water for the Ellesmere Canal.
View from Bala
The gwyniad, only native to this lake.
A group of children by a sailing dinghy c. 1885
The lake in an 1893 advertisement for the White Lion Royal Hotel in Bala
Bala, Gwynedd
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Bala is a town and community in Gwynedd, Wales. Formerly an urban district, Bala lies in the historic county of Merionethshire, at the north end of Bala Lake. According to the 2021 Census, Bala had a population of 1,999 and 72.5 per cent of the population could speak Welsh with a decrease of 6% since 2011.
Bala High Street
Tomen y Bala
Neuadd y Cyfnod (English: Period Hall. Formerly the grammar school)
Bala Mill Falls (lower Tryweryn)