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Lake Simcoe's name was given by John Graves Simcoe in 1793 in memory of his father, Captain John Simcoe. Captain Simcoe was born on 28 November 1710, in Staindrop, in County Durham, northeast England, and served as an officer in the Royal Navy, dying of pneumonia aboard his ship, HMS Pembroke, on 15 May 1759.
The following is a list of lakes in Oklahoma located entirely (or partially, as in the case of Lake Texoma) in the state. Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all. Oklahoma has more than 200 lakes created by dams. All lakes listed are man-made. Oklahoma's only natural lakes are oxbow and playa lakes ...
Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority; S. Severn River (Georgian Bay) This page was last edited on 4 July 2021, at 14:43 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
Oklahoma covers an area of 69,898 square miles (181,030 km 2), with 68,667 square miles (177,850 km 2) of land and 1,231 square miles (3,190 km 2) of water, making it the 20th-largest state in the United States. [5]
Lake Hudson (Oklahoma) Snowdale became the Snowdale Area at Grand Lake State Park. [6] [7] The Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation chose not to renew its lease from the Grand River Dam Authority in 2019, shutting down the park. [8] Walnut Creek State Park: Osage: 1,429 1966 Keystone Lake: Park was permanently closed October 1, 2014 [9 ...
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It was renamed by Lieutenant-Governor Simcoe after Captain Samuel (Johannes) Holland, (1729–1801), Dutch-born first Surveyor General of British North America. [ 2 ] The Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority is responsible for leading the protection and environmental health of the Holland River, as it is within the Lake Simcoe watershed area.
The Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority is a conservation authority established in 1951, and is among the oldest in the Canadian province of Ontario.. The LSRCA is responsible for the waters, wildlife, and plants within the Lake Simcoe watershed, and has expanded and upgraded its reach and conservation areas several times in the past, gradually assuming control of the Lake Simcoe ...