| 10,000 years or so ago, Bluff Point was an Island and the shoreline was 300 or so feet higher. |
| At its greatest depth, Keuka Lake reaches down to 189 feet. |
| At its southern end, Keuka's Bluff rises 800 feet above Keuka's waters. |
| At its widest part, Keuka Lake is two miles wide. |
| In 1857, Keuka became the official name, in order for it to conform with the Native American names of the rest of the Finger Lakes. |
| Keuka Lake has a surface area of approximately 18 square miles. |
| Keuka Lake has over 60 miles of shoreline. |
| Keuka Lake holds approximately 379 billion gallons of water. |
| Keuka Lake is 715 feet above sea level. |
| Keuka Lake is about 22 miles in length. |
| Keuka Lake is one of the few lakes in the world that has both its inlet and outlet on the same side (north). |
| Keuka means 'canoe landing place' or 'lake with an elbow' in the language of the Seneca. |
| Keuka's watershed covers 110,000 acres spanning 10 towns and 2 villages in Yates and Steuben Counties. |
| Some geologists believe that the earliest outlet from Keuka Lake to Seneca Lake was the Kashong Creek at Bellona. |
| The area of Keuka Lake's watershed is 10 times the size of the lake. |
| The first white settlers called Keuka 'Crooked Lake' |
| The top one inch of Keuka Lake is 315 million gallons of water. |
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