Fuller Lake

Fuller Lake
Location of the body of water in Pennsylvania.
Location of the body of water in Pennsylvania.
Fuller Lake
LocationCumberland County, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°01′48″N 77°17′58″W / 40.03°N 77.299444°W / 40.03; -77.299444
Typebody of water
Surface area
1.7 acres (0.0069 km2)

Fuller Lake is the body of water with 1.7 acres (0.0069 km2) of surface area[1] in the former Pine Grove Quarry in Cooke Township, Cumberland County, south-central Pennsylvania.

It is within Pine Grove Furnace State Park and the Michaux State Forest, near the community of Toland. The state park is in the South Mountain Range of the northern Blue Ridge Mountains System.

During the period of iron ore excavation when the pit depth had sufficiently increased, mountain springs that filled the quarry required pumping.

Recreation

Present day inflow maintains a low water temperature for swimming. A beach was added in the 20th century. In 1965, Fuller Lake was closed due to contamination, and was later reopened.[2]

The lake's lifeguards were eliminated for the 2008 season, but were restored in 2009,[3] following the drowning of a teenager in July 2008.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "PA DCNR to Hold Public Meeting about Improvements to Fuller Lake Swimming Area". The Energy Daily. Archived from the original on 2011-10-03. Retrieved 2011-07-24.
  2. ^ "Swimming Banned At Cumberland Park". Reading Eagle. August 6, 1965. Retrieved 2011-07-24.
  3. ^ "No changes planned at Fuller Lake swimming area; lifeguards will monitor swimmers". DCNR Resource. February 25, 2009. Retrieved 2011-06-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. ^ Spolar, Matthew (August 1, 2008). "Teen's drowning revives debate over state park lifeguards". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 2024-09-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)


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