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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
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On the western shores of the Long Lake, and out into the Lake's waters, near the inflow of the Forest River
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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.


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