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Conneaut Lake is the largest natural lake in Pennsylvania by surface area, located in western Crawford County near a town with the same name. It was formed as a kettle lake at the end of the Pleistocene and has a history of recreation, ice harvesting and motorboat racing.
Conneaut Lake is a borough and a natural lake in Crawford County, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1799 as Evansburg and renamed in 1892, and is now a resort town with a park and a history of ice production.
Conneaut Creek / ˈ k ɒ n i. ɒ t / is a 43.5-mile (70.0 km) tributary of Lake Erie in northwestern Pennsylvania and northeastern Ohio in the United States. [4] Via Lake Erie, the Niagara River and Lake Ontario, it is part of the watershed of the St. Lawrence River, which flows to the Atlantic Ocean.
Jan. 1—Editor's note: A few weeks ago, the Tribune provided readers with what we believe are the most important Crawford County-area stories of the year. We then asked our readers to rank the ...
Pennsylvania Route 618 runs west of the lake, passing through Conneaut Lake Park and connecting PA 18 and US 6. According to the United States Census Bureau , the Conneaut Lakeshore CDP has a total area of 6.7 square miles (17.3 km 2 ), of which 5.2 square miles (13.4 km 2 ) is land and 1.5 square miles (3.9 km 2 ), or 22.29%, is water.
Sadsbury Township is a township in western Crawford County, Pennsylvania, with a population of 2,753 in 2020. It includes Conneaut Lake and the borough of Conneaut Lake, as well as the unincorporated community of Shermansville.
Beyond the landing, the canal turned northwest and flowed into the lake. Engineering on these projects included raising the Conneaut Lake dam by 11 feet (3.4 m) and adding another short canal to carry water to a pumping station for the Beaver and Erie. The French Creek Feeder was completed to Meadville in 1828 and reached Conneaut Lake in 1834. [4]
The residential communities around the lake are part of the Conneaut Lakeshore census-designated place. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 26.0 square miles (67.4 km 2), of which 25.8 square miles (66.9 km 2) is land and 0.2 square miles (0.5 km 2), or 0.81%, is water. [4]