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Geauga Lake was an amusement park in Bainbridge Township and Aurora, Ohio. It was established in 1887, in what had been a local recreation area adjacent to a lake of the same name . The first amusement ride was added in 1889, and the park's first roller coaster – the Big Dipper – was built in 1925.
On September 21, 2007, Cedar Fair announced that the amusement park portion of Geauga Lake & Wildwater Kingdom would not reopen in 2008. [13] Geauga Lake was dropped from the waterpark's title in 2011, and it was marketed as simply Wildwater Kingdom. [14] The original amusement park's property was put up for sale in 2013. [15]
Geauga Lake (/ dʒ i ˈ ɔː ɡ ə / jee-AW-gə), first known as Picnic Lake, is a natural lake located in Northeast Ohio, in the United States, on the border between the city of Aurora in Portage County and Bainbridge Township in Geauga County, near Cleveland.
Protected areas of Geauga County, Ohio (2 P) Pages in category "Tourist attractions in Geauga County, Ohio" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
Geauga County is named after the Onondaga word jyo’ä·gak or Seneca jo’ä·ka, both meaning 'raccoon' (originally the name of the Grand River).. After the discovery of the New World, the land that became Geauga County was originally part of the French colony of Canada (New France), which was ceded in 1763 to Great Britain and renamed Province of Quebec.
The Geauga Park District, among the Ohio Metroparks, manages a system of nature preserves scattered throughout Geauga County, Ohio. The network of 22 open parks, as well as preserves and future parks, encompass more than 10,000 acres (40 km 2 ) and includes 60+ miles of walking, bicycle and horse trails, picnic areas, a nature center and ...
The following is a list of lakes in Ohio.According to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, there are approximately 50,000 lakes and small ponds, with a total surface area of 200,000 acres, and among these there are 2,200 lakes of 5 acres (2.0 ha) or greater with a total surface area of 134,000 acres. [1]
The reservoir and surrounding land is owned by the City of Akron, Ohio and is operated by Akron's Watershed Division.. The reservoir is one of three reservoirs that make up the City of Akron water supply, including LaDue Reservoir, East Branch Reservoir in Claridon Township, Geauga County, Ohio, and Lake Rockwell in Franklin Township, Portage County, Ohio. [9]