Editing Lake Zug (section)

==Background==
[[File:Zuger See SK 0009.jpg|301x301px|thumb|left|Lake Zug with view of [[Rigi]]]]

The lake is mostly within the borders of the [[Canton of Zug]], with about {{convert|10|km2}} at its southern end in the canton [[Schwyz]], while the [[Canton of Lucerne]] claims about {{cvt|2|km2}} to the north of [[Küssnacht|Immensee]]. Toward the south-west extremity of the lake the [[Rigi]] descends rather steeply to the water's edge, while part of its east shore forms a narrow level band at the foot of the {{cvt|1583|m|ft}} [[Rossberg]], and the [[Zugerberg]]. The culminating point of the lake's drainage basin is the summit of the Rigi at {{cvt|1798|m}}.<ref>{{cite map |publisher= [[Swisstopo]] |title= 1:25,000 topographic map |url= http://s.geo.admin.ch/71a44a89c |access-date= 2014-07-30 }}</ref>

At its northern end, the shores are nearly level, while on the west shore the wooded promontory of Buonas (with its castles, old and new) projects picturesquely into the waters. The principal place on the lake is the town of [[Zug]]. Three railways follow the shore of the lake, one from [[Zürich]] via Zug and [[Arth-Goldau]] to [[Saint-Gotthard Massif|Saint-Gotthard]], one from [[Lucerne]] via Arth-Goldau to Saint-Gotthard, and the third from Zürich via Zug to Lucerne.

Many fish (including [[pike (fish)|pike]] and [[carp]] of considerable weights) are taken in the lake, which is especially famous for an [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] kind of [[trout]] (''[[Salvelinus umbla|Salmo salvelinus]]'', locally called ''Rolheli'').<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=1 |wstitle=Zug, Lake of|volume=28|page=1048|first=William Augustus Beevoort |last=Coolidge |author-link=W. A. B. Coolidge}}</ref>