Bala, Gwynedd - Bridge & Lake - Sepiatone postcard, local pmk 1919

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• Picture / Image:  Bala, Bridge and Lake 
• Publisher: Photochrom Sepiatone
• Postally used: yes
• Stamp:  George V 1d red 
• Postmark(s): Bala 1919 cds + Maresfield 1919 cds
• Sent to:  Miss A. Taylor, Mockbeggar Farm, Uckfield, Sussex
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Bala (Welsh: Y Bala) is a market town and community in Gwynedd, Wales. Formerly an urban district, Bala lies within the historic county of Merionethshire. It lies at the north end of Llyn Tegid, 17 miles (27 km) north-east of Dolgellau, with a population taken in the United Kingdom Census 2011 of 1,974.[1] It is little more than one wide street,[2] this being Stryd Fawr (High Street, literally "Great Street"). The High Street and its shops can be quite busy in the summer months with many tourists.

Bala was ranked as having the 20th highest percentage of Welsh language speakers in Wales by electoral division, in the United Kingdom Census 2011.[3] According to the census, 78.5% of Bala's population can speak Welsh.[4]

Bala Lake ([ˈbala]) (also known as Lake Bala and by the Welsh: Llyn Tegid [ˈɬɨ̞n ˈtɛɡɨd]) is a lake in Gwynedd, Wales. The name Tegid may be related to Welsh teg, meaning "fair". It was the largest natural body of water in Wales before its level was raised by Thomas Telford to help support the flow of the Ellesmere Canal. It is 3.7 miles (6.0 km) long by 0.5 miles (0.8 km) wide. The River Dee runs through it and the waters of the lake are deep and clear. The town of Bala sits at its north-eastern end and the narrow gauge Bala Lake Railway runs for 3 miles (4.8 km) along the lake's south-eastern shore, and continues south-westward to the village of Llanuwchllyn (whose name means "church ['llan'] above ['uwch'] the lake ['llyn']").[3]

File:Gwaith i sicrhau diogelwch tymor-hir Llyn Tegid -- Work to ensure Llyn Tegid remains safe.webm

Aerial view of water drainage from the lake (courtesy of Natural Resources Wales)

The mountain Aran Benllyn can be seen prominently from the lake.

Llyn naturiol mwyaf Cymru yw Llyn Tegid (6.4 km / 4 milltir o hyd, 1.6 km/1 milltir o led). Fe'i lleolir i'r de o'r Bala yng nghanol ardal Penllyn ym Meirionnydd, de Gwynedd. Mae Afon Dyfrdwy yn llifo trwyddo. Mae Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid yn rhedeg ar hyd ei lannau deheuol. Mae'n gorwedd rhwng mynyddoedd Aran Benllyn a'r Berwyn i'r dwyrain ac Arenig Fawr i'r gorllewin. Mae'r llyn yn boblogaidd iawn i hwylio, bordhwylio, canŵio a physgota. Ar ei lan gogleddol ceir Canolfan Glanllyn, gwersyll yr Urdd.

Mae'r llyn dwfn, clir yn gartref i lawer o anifeiliaid megis, er enghraifft penhwyaid, brithyllod a llysywenod. Mae nifer o'r rhywogaethau sydd yn byw yn y llyn yn brin iawn - er enghraifft pysgod fel y gwyniad (Coregonus lavaretus) a malwen dŵr croyw brinnaf Prydain, y falwen lysnafeddog (Myxas glutinosa). Yn ystod y blynyddoedd diweddar mae'r broblem o ewtroffigedd wedi datblygu yn Llyn Tegid sydd yn berygl fawr i nifer o'r rhywogaethau a geir yn y llyn.

Cysylltir y cymeriad chwedlonol Tegid Foel â'r llyn. Yn y chwedl Hanes Taliesin mae Tegid yn ŵr i'r dduwies / wyddones Ceridwen. Roedd ei lys yn sefyll ar dir sydd dan ddŵr y llyn heddiw. Yn ôl traddodiadau llên gwerin, boddwyd llys Tegid Foel un noson. Dywedir fod golau'r llys a'r dref fach o'i gwmpas i'w weld liw nos loergan.

Traddodiad diweddar iawn yw'r un am yr anghenfil o'r enw "Tegi" sydd yn nofio yn nyfnderau Llyn Tegid. Datblygodd y chwedl dan ddylanwad amlwg y chwedl am "Nessie" yn Loch Ness, yn yr Alban.