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The United States Geological Survey Board of Geographic Names disapproved a proposal to change the name Grand Lake to Grand Lake-Saint Marys, which is the name given on state maps and documents. [1] [3] The 1920 edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica shows the name as Lake Mercer on the map of Ohio in the article on Ohio. "Lake St. Marys" was ...
Great Council State Park is located in the Oldtown area of Xenia Township, Greene County, Ohio, United States.. In February 2021, the state of Ohio agreed to purchase a 0.7-acre (0.28 ha) site along U.S. Route 68 (US 68), south of Brush Row Road, in Oldtown, north of Xenia, housing the Tecumseh Motel, for $260,000.
Hocking Hills State Park is a state park in the Hocking Hills region of Hocking County, Ohio, United States. In some areas the park adjoins the Hocking State Forest . Within the park are over 25 miles (40 km) of hiking trails, rock formations, waterfalls, and recess caves.
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The Miami and Erie and Wabash and Erie canals, which connected the Ohio River with Lake Erie, passed through an area now included in the park. [2]The first 14 acres (5.7 ha) of the state park were donated by the park's namesake, Mary Jane Thurston, who was a teacher in Grand Rapids.
Lake Loramie State Park is a public recreation area located on the northeast side of Fort Loramie, Ohio. It occupies 407 acres (165 ha) on 1,655-acre (670 ha) Lake Loramie [ 3 ] and is operated by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources .
Buck Creek State Park is a 4,016-acre (1,625 ha) public recreation area in Clark County, Ohio, in the United States, that is leased by the state of Ohio from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The state park 's main feature is the C. J. Brown Reservoir, a flood control reservoir created by the USACE on Buck Creek (or Lagonda Creek ) as part of a ...
Beaver Creek State Park is a 2,722-acre (1,102 ha) public recreation area in Columbiana County, Ohio in the United States. The park is near East Liverpool on the banks of Little Beaver Creek . Remnants of the historic Sandy and Beaver Canal can be found throughout the park.