Boating enthusiasts call it the ‘Lake Como of America’. In reality, the landscape of Lake Tahoe, located on the border between California and Nevada, does not much resemble the setting of that lake in Lombardy (Italy) that so bewitched Stendhal, Manzoni and other writers – as well as moguls, footballers and movie stars.
Formed two million years ago – when its Como counterpart was already four million years old – Lake Tahoe reaches a maximum depth of 501m and is second in depth in the United States only to Crater Lake, Oregon. It is approximately 35km long and 19km wide, boasting 116km of coastline and a surface area of approximately 490km2.
In ancient times the region was inhabited by members of the Washo tribe, while the first exploration by Europeans was in 1844. Modern development and
