Lake Webster is a fresh water

Fresh Water

Fresh Water is the debut album by Australian rock and blues singer Alison McCallum, released in 1972. Rare for an Australian artist at the time, it came in a gatefold sleeve...

 lake

Lake

A lake is a body of relatively still fresh or salt water of considerable size, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land. Lakes are inland and not part of the ocean and therefore are distinct from lagoons, and are larger and deeper than ponds. Lakes can be contrasted with rivers or streams,...

 located in Kosciusko County

Kosciusko County, Indiana

Kosciusko County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. Census 2010 recorded the population at 77,358. The county seat is Warsaw.The county was formed in 1836. It was named after the Polish general Tadeusz Kościuszko, who served in the American Revolutionary War, and then returned to...

, Indiana

Indiana

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, United States

United States

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. Formerly it was known as Boydston Lake. It borders the town of North Webster

North Webster, Indiana

North Webster is a town in Tippecanoe Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana, United States. The population was 1,146 at the 2010 census.-Geography:North Webster is located at ....

 to the west of the lake.

Geographic place names

• Big Island
• Backwater Lake is the body of water south of Webster Lake proper
• Dickerson's Point is located on the north shore
• Epworth Forest
• Hayden's Point is the point of land before entering Webster Bay
• Highbanks
• Ruple's Beach is located on the south shore
• Webster Bay
• Yellowbanks

The Dixie

North Webster is home to the DIXIE, Indiana’s oldest sternwheel paddleboat. The Dixie has cruised Webster Lake since 1929, providing tours of the lake to generations of residents and visitors. A number of private owners cared for and operated the boat from 1929 until 2007 when title was transferred to a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation called Dixie Sternwheeler Inc. (DSI). DSI continues to operate the boat for regular summer cruises from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day and to allow chartered events such as weddings, retirement home outings, and company and community gatherings. Regular cruises last about 75 minutes and are each evening Monday through Saturday and during the afternoon and evening on Sunday. Many of the regular cruises feature period music and a narration with some history of the area, the lake and the Dixie.

Boats

• Cuban Girl (1902-) was a small steam launch approximately 28 feet (9 m) in length.
• The City of Webster (1906—1913) was a 40 feet (12 m) sternwheel paddle boat
• Ethel H (1904—1909) was a sidewheel steamboat, approximately 45 feet (14 m) in length. The Ethel H was also known to have gone to Lake Tippecanoe
  Lake Tippecanoe
  Tippecanoe Lake is a large, glacially-created lake in Kosciusko County in north-central Indiana and is the deepest natural lake in the state.-Location:...
  
   and Lake James around 1909.

Webster Lake Dam

The Webster Lake dam was created at the southwestern point of the lake and a gristmill

Gristmill

The terms gristmill or grist mill can refer either to a building in which grain is ground into flour, or to the grinding mechanism itself.- Early history :...

 was built by a Ephriam Muirhead in 1837. This damming created one large lake from as many as seven smaller lakes. In 1842, Thomas Boydston purchased the gristmill. It is said that he is a descendant of Dr. Zabdiel Boylston

Zabdiel Boylston

Zabdiel Boylston, FRS was a physician in the Boston area. He apprenticed with his father, an English surgeon named Thomas Boylston. He also studied under the Boston physician Dr...

. The mill served as a general store

General store

A general store, general merchandise store, or village shop is a rural or small town store that carries a general line of merchandise. It carries a broad selection of merchandise, sometimes in a small space, where people from the town and surrounding rural areas come to purchase all their general...

 and post office

Post office

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 in the 19th century. It burned in 1949 and replaced by the current dam.

Yellow Banks

The Yellow Banks hotel was formerly the M.J. France hotel (1902—1905). The Yellow Banks owned several yellow row boats for the use of its guests. It is said that when the boats were stored on the banks of the hotel property, the banks

Bank (geography)

A geographic bank has four definitions and applications:# Limnology: The shoreline of a pond, swamp, estuary, reservoir, or lake. The grade can vary from vertical to a shallow slope....

 appeared yellow. Though unconfirmed, it has been said that John Dillinger

John Dillinger

John Herbert Dillinger, Jr. was an American bank robber in Depression-era United States. He was charged with, but never convicted of, the murder of an East Chicago, Indiana police officer during a shoot-out. This was his only alleged homicide. His gang robbed two dozen banks and four police stations...

and gang stayed at the Yellow Banks hotel in October, 1933, or April, 1934.