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Despite its name there is only one body of water in the park with the word Lake in the name, Bassenthwaite Lake[?]. All the others such as Windermere[?], Coniston Water[?], Ullswater[?] and Buttermere[?] use other forms, with 'mere' being particularly common.
Historically, farming, in particular of sheep, was the major industry in the region. Over the past century, tourism has grown rapidly to become the area's primary source of income. However the area was badly affected by the foot-and-mouth outbreak across the United Kingdom in 2001. Thousands of sheep, ordinarily grazing on the fellsides in the North of the Park were destroyed.
Amongst the area's most attractive towns are Grasmere[?], once home to William Wordsworth, Ambleside and Windermere[?].
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