Keuka Lake
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Keuka Lake is a Finger Lake in central New York spanning Steuben and Yates counties, the third largest of the eleven Finger Lakes. Its Y-shape sets it apart from the other long, narrow lakes and gave it the historic name Crooked Lake; the name Keuka comes from a Seneca word meaning canoe landing or lake with an elbow. The lake is 20 miles long with a 60-mile shoreline, covers 11,730 acres, and drains through the Keuka Lake Outlet at Penn Yan into Seneca Lake, with Hammondsport at its southern tip and Branchport on its western branch. Vineyards have surrounded it since the mid-19th century, and Glenn Curtiss tested early flying boats on its waters.
