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Canonsburg Lake is a lake in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. It is an artificial lake formed by the waters of Little Chartiers Creek behind a 525 feet (160 m) long and 45 feet (14 m) high concrete dam. [ 2 ]
Although it is near the Finger Lakes region, it is not traditionally counted as one of the Finger Lakes. Onondaga Lake is a dimictic lake, [3] meaning that the lake water completely mixes from top to bottom twice a year. The lake is 4.6 miles (7.4 km) long and 1 mile (1.6 km) wide making a surface area of 4.6 square miles (12 km 2). [3]
Mohegan Lake was named "Lake Mohegan" in 1859 by William Jones, who owned the Mount Pleasant Hotel on the eastern side of the lake. [15]The Mohegan were a tribe of Native Americans once associated with the Pequot of easternmost Connecticut, who were pushed successively west to the area of the Housatonic River during the 17th and into the 18th century.
This lake was formed in 1944 by the damming of the Youghiogheny River upstream from Confluence, Pennsylvania. [3]The Youghiogheny Dam is an earthen structure, 184 feet (56 m) high and 1,610 feet (490 m) long at its crest, that is owned and operated by the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
Hempstead Lake State Park is a 737-acre (2.98 km 2) state park located in Nassau County, New York in the United States. [2] The park is located in West Hempstead and is one of three state parks within the Town of Hempstead .
Lake Ronkonkoma is a freshwater lake in Suffolk County, New York. It is a kettle lake formed by retreating glaciers and is the largest freshwater lake on Long Island; it has a circumference of about 2 miles (3.2 km) and is 0.65 miles (1.05 km) across on average. [1] The lake is owned by the Town of Islip under the terms of the Nichols Patent.
Location: Otsego County, New York, United States: Coordinates: 1]: Type: Lake: Primary inflows: Hayden Creek, Shadow Brook, Trout Brook, Cripple Creek, Leatherstocking Creek, Willow Brook, Mohican Brook, Brookwood Creek, Glimmer Glen Creek: Primary outflows: Susquehanna River: Catchment area: 74 sq mi (190 km 2) [2]: Basin countries: United States: Max. length: 7.8 mi (12.6 km) [3]: Surface ...
The lake's drainage area is about 180 square miles (470 km 2). Also at the southern end of the lake is the City of Jamestown while the Village of Mayville is located at the northern end. Other communities located on the lake are Bemus Point, Maple Springs, Lakewood and Chautauqua, the site of the influential Chautauqua Institution founded in ...