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The Division of Parks and Recreation dammed Hargus Creek with an earthen dam in 1948. The property became a state park under the administration of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources in 1950. It was renamed A. W. Marion State Park in honor of the first director of the Department of Natural Resources, who was a Pickaway County native, in ...
Independence Dam State Park is a 591-acre (239 ha) public recreation area located on the banks of the Maumee River three miles east of Defiance in Defiance County, Ohio, United States. The state park features ruins of the Miami and Erie Canal. Recreational features include boating, fishing, hiking, picnicking, and primitive camping. [3]
Avon has a public library, a branch of the Lorain Public Library. [18] As of October 2022, this library was under construction to add 16,000 square feet to the existing library after receiving the funds necessary for such an expansion after passing in a levy in May 2020. [19] The expansion opened in January 2023. [20]
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As of 2021, the CHPL's collection held around 9.6 million volumes, the 13th-largest overall library collection in the U.S., [6] [7] and the 2nd-largest public library collection in the U.S. [7] Its electronic book holdings were nearly six million, the most of any public library in the country. [7]
The library's services include public access computers, wireless internet access, notary services, test proctoring, and homebound delivery for those who cannot come to the library in person. [5] Avon Lake Public Library also offers an equipment circulation program that opens opportunities for patrons to access media in old and new formats.
The library was first established in January 1931 by a Board of Trustees as appointed by the Avon Lake Village Council and mayor. The opening budget was $1,000 and the first book purchased for the collection was Penrod by Booth Tarkington. [19] Today, the Avon Lake Public Library circulates over 620,000 items with a general fund of $2.9 million ...
Located 3 miles (5 km) east of Lake Arrowhead, California, formerly known as the Lake Arrowhead Scout Camps. The Forest Lawn Scout Reservation consists of five active and one closed Boy and Cub Scout resident camps on more than 2,000 acres in the San Bernardino National Forest. The six camps are: