> Ijsselmeer is a different kind of lake; not created by digging out peat, but a (violent) sea inlet that was closed off. Hmm yes, 'everybody' in the NL is awa

> Ijsselmeer is a different kind of lake; not created by digging out peat, but a (violent) sea inlet that was closed off. Hmm yes, 'everybody' in the NL is aware of that. > In the latter case, they sometimes left those strips of land to transport the fuel. Not really. The turf blocks would be stacked in piles & left to dry for a while. But then often transported by boat (through the newly created channels). The leftover strips of land could be used to have men, or a horse, pull such boats on a rope.