ISMAILIA  , a

town of Lower Egypt, the central station on the Suez Canal, on the N.W. shore of Lake Timsa, about 50 m. from the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, and 93 M . N.E. of Cairo by rail . Pop . (1907) 10,393 . It was laid out in 1863, in connexion with the construction of the canal, and is named after the khedive Ismail . It is divided into two quarters by the road leading from the landing-place to the railway station, and has numerous public offices, warehouses and other buildings, including a palace of the khedive, used as a hospital during the British military operations in 1882, but subsequently allowed to fall into a dilapidated condition . The broad macadamized streets and regular squares bordered with trees give the town an attractive appearance; and it has the advantage, a rare one in Egypt, of being surrounded on three sides by flourishing gardens . The Quai Mehemet Ali, which lies along the canal for upwards of a mile, contains the chalet occupied by Ferdinand de Lesseps during the building of the canal . At the end of the quay are the works for supplying Port Said with water . On the other side of the lake are the so-called Quarries of the Hyenas, from which the building material for the town was obtained .