Bay

Bay is an old Tagalog settlement on the southern shore of the great lake named Laguna de Bay after it. Rivers and the lake provided routes for traders travelling between its communities and Manila. Local tradition remembers a ruler called Gat Pangil and his family among the early inhabitants. After Spanish conquest, Bay became the capital of the province of Laguna in 1581 and remained its seat until 1688, when the provincial government moved to Pagsanjan.

The later city of Calamba also lies here.