Esgaroth (Lake-town)

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fictional city lake town settlement in Middle-earth

Esgaroth, or Lake-town, is a wooden settlement built on the Long Lake in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, known for its trade, proximity to the dragon Smaug’s lair, and its role in *The Hobbit*.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Esgaroth	6
Lake-town (Esgaroth)	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional city ⓘ lake town ⓘ settlement in Middle-earth ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Lake-town NERFINISHED ⓘ
appearsIn	The Hobbit NERFINISHED ⓘ
architectureType	wooden buildings ⓘ
builtOn	wooden pilings ⓘ
builtOver	water ⓘ
connectedBy	walkways ⓘ wooden bridges ⓘ
creator	J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ
destroyedBy	Smaug NERFINISHED ⓘ
destroyedInEvent	Smaug's attack on Lake-town ⓘ
fictionalUniverse	Middle-earth NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPublication	1937 (in The Hobbit) ⓘ
governmentType	town council ⓘ
hasBoats	true ⓘ
hasHarbor	true ⓘ
hosts	Thorin and Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
inspiredBy	medieval lake settlements ⓘ
languageSpoken	Westron NERFINISHED ⓘ
leaderTitle	Master of Lake-town NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Wilderland NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear	Erebor NERFINISHED ⓘ Lonely Mountain NERFINISHED ⓘ River Running NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	Long Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ
medium	literature ⓘ
nearbyEvent	Battle of Five Armies NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyLocation	Lonely Mountain NERFINISHED ⓘ Smaug's lair NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyThreat	Smaug NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent	death of Smaug ⓘ
notableLeader	Master of Lake-town NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableResident	Bard the Bowman NERFINISHED ⓘ
partiallyRebuilt	true ⓘ
politicalAllegiance	none (independent town) ⓘ
populationType	Men ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity	trade ⓘ
receives	Bilbo Baggins NERFINISHED ⓘ Thorin Oakenshield NERFINISHED ⓘ dwarves of Thorin Oakenshield ⓘ
roleInStory	refuge for Thorin and Company ⓘ staging point for expedition to Erebor ⓘ
timePeriod	Third Age NERFINISHED ⓘ
tradesWith	Dale NERFINISHED ⓘ Elvenking's Halls NERFINISHED ⓘ Woodland Realm NERFINISHED ⓘ