[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] Putnam Count v. 12 IIISTOItY OF WKST< 'HESTER COUNTY The lakes of Westchester, like the hills and streams, boast no fea-tures of exceptional interest, but are strictly in keeping with the quiet beauty of the general landscape. The largest, as already men-tioned, is Croton Lake, entirely artificial; and we have also seen that ^^|5*JWL,, several of the natural lakes have been utilized for purposes of water supply. Lake Waccabuc, in the Town of Lewisboro, has, since 1870, been connected with the Croton system. It covers over two hundred acres, and is very deep and pure. In the Town of Poundridge several PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTY 13 ponds have been artificially joined to one another, forming a hand-some body of water, called Trinity Lake, a mile and a quarter long, which supplies the City of Stamford, Conn. A dam twenty feet high has been erected across its outlet. Other lakes of local importance and interest are Peach Lake, on the Putnam County border; Mohegan and Mohansic lakes, in Yorktown; Valhalla Lake (through which the Bronx River flows), between Mount Pleasant and North Castle; Rye