North & South Holland Rescue Company - 1911. The village of Hindeloopen on the shores of the Ijsselmeer aka Lake Ijssel.

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IJsselmeer or Lake IJsel, alternative spelling: Lake Yssel is a shallow artificial lake of 1100 km² in the central Netherlands bordering the provinces of Flevoland, North Holland and Friesland, with an average depth of 5 to 6 m. The IJsselmeer is the largest lake in Western Europe.

The IJsselmeer is a freshwater lake fed through the Ketelmeer by the river IJssel, which gives it its name. It is mainly fed by water from the Rhine of which the IJssel is a branch.

The IJsselmeer was created in 1932 when an inland sea, the Zuiderzee or 'southern sea', was closed by a 32 km dam, the Afsluitdijk. This was part of a major hydraulic engineering project known as the Zuiderzee Works. Source: Wikipedia

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Somewhere in Friesland, in the north of The Netherlands where there is still empty space and quiet.

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Hindeloopen harbor on the Ijssel meer aka the former 'southern sea'. Today, the Ijssel meer is the largest lake in Western Europe.

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Sailing barges in Hindeloopen harbor on the Ijssel meer aka the former 'sourthern sea'.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

“Come, my friends,
'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.
Push off, and sitting well in order smite
The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds
To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
Of all the western stars, until I die.”

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