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Lake Wawasee, formerly Turkey Lake, is a natural lake southeast of Syracuse in Kosciusko County, Indiana, United States. It is the largest natural lake wholly contained within Indiana . It is located just east of Indiana State Road 13 .
Wawasee was a signatory to the Treaty of Mississinewas and in 1828 was allotted a small village approximately two and one-half miles southeast of Milford and northeast of Waubee Lake where the town of Syracuse is located. It also included the eastern shores of Turkey Lake (Lake Wawasee) effectively bisecting the lake in half with the southern ...
Dewart Lake is a 551 acres (223 ha) natural lake, located three miles (4.8 km) south of Syracuse and three miles (4.8 km) east of Indiana State Road 15. 41 degrees 22' 03.31" North Latitude x 85 degrees 46' 18.22" West Longitude, 867.70 feet (264.47 m) above Sea Level. 82 feet (25 m) is the maximum depth with an average depth of 16.3 feet (5.0 ...
Lake Papakeechie is named after Miami chief Papakeecha or Pa-hed-ke-teh-a, the most influential chief in the region around Lake Wawasee. Papakeechie was created just before 1910 in the same location and in a basin where six small lakes once occupied this area. The small lakes were named Jarret's, Gan's, Hooper's and three named Hartzell's.
B. Ball Lake, Steuben County. Banning Lake, Kosciusko County. Barton Lake, Steuben County. Bass Lake, Starke County is partially in Bass Lake State Beach. Big Barbee Lake, Kosciusko County. Big Long Lake, LaGrange County. Big Turkey Lake, LaGrange County & Steuben County. Blue Lake, Southwest Indianapolis.
Syracuse Lake is classified as a Trophic Class 1 lake, having a eutrophication index value of 10. The lake is typical in structure of natural lakes of the glaciated portions of the upper Midwest. The lake is presently healthy and has a balanced aquatic ecosystem (WAW 1995). It has a surface area of 1.67 km 2 (410 acres) with a maximum depth of ...
In 1828 he was given reservation land totalling 36 square miles (93 km 2) which nearly bisected Lake Wawasee north to south. He was the brother of Miami chief Wawasee (Wau-wa-aus-see), who Lake Wawasee was named after. His reservation town was located near present-day Indian Village in Noble County and had some 75 residents
Syracuse is a town in Turkey Creek Township, Kosciusko County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [2] The population was 3,079 at the 2020 census. Syracuse is the location of Lake Syracuse and the nearby, larger Lake Wawasee, in addition to several other lakes in the region.