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Dates
There was a settlement of Men on the Long Lake from ancient times; Lake-town was largely destroyed in the fall of Smaug in III 2941, but was rebuilt and survived into the Fourth Age
Location
On the western shores of the Long Lake, and out into the Lake's waters, near the inflow of the Forest River
Race
Men
Division
Northmen
Culture
Lake-men
Other names
Esgaroth

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Lake-town

A township of Men on the Long Lake

Map of Lake-town

The township of the Lake-men, built on wooden stilts in the waters of the Long Lake, as a protection against the Dragon Smaug, who dwelt nearby to the north.


See also...

Barrel-rider, Battle of Five Armies, Black Arrow, Cram, Dragon of Erebor, Dragon-sickness, Esgaroth, Glóin, Great House, Invisible Baggins, Kíli, Lake-men, Long Lake, Men of the Lake, Men of the Long Lake, [See the full list...]

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