The Indian Lake area of Ohio was torn by storms Thursday night. Here’s a guide to the lake:
Where is Indian Lake?
Indian Lake is in Logan County, about 70 miles northwest of Columbus.
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How big is Indian Lake?
The lake is about 5,100 acres, making it the third largest lake in Ohio, behind Grand Lake St. Marys (13,500 acres) in Auglaize and Mercer counties and Mosquito Creek Lake (7,850 acres) in Trumbull County, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. In addition, Pymatuning Reservoir, which straddles Ohio and Pennsylvania, covers 14,000 acres.
Is Indian Lake natural?
Indian Lake is man-made. According to the ODNR, it began in 1851 as “Old Indian Lake,” a feeder lake for the Miami & Erie Canal. A bulkhead completed in 1860 allowed the lake, then called Lewiston Reservoir, to grow to more than 6,300 acres. Although Indian Lake is very shallow, with an average depth of 6 feet, it has largely been spared the algae that has stained other Ohio lakes because of the Indian Lake Watershed Project, established in the 1990s to keep the water clean.
How many people live on Indian Lake?
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About 1,300 people live in the lake’s largest town, Russells Point, and another 1,200 live down the road in Lakeview, both on the lake’s southern shore. Hundreds more live around the lake, many of them in seasonal trailer parks and campgrounds, making the area vulnerable to storms.
What is Indian Lake best known for?
For decades, an amusement park and dance halls along the lake’s southern rim drew visitors from miles around and provided the lake’s nickname, the “Midwest’s Million Dollar Playground.” The last bits of the amusement park were torn down in the early 1980s; only the Indian Lake Rollarena in Russells Point provides a hint of the lake’s entertainment past.
Was the 1960s hit “Indian Lake” about this lake?
No. The Cowsills’ 1968 Top 10 hit “Indian Lake” is thought to be based on a lake in Upstate New York.
What is housing like around Indian lake?
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Much of Indian Lake’s homes remain trailers in campgrounds, especially on the north and west sides of the lake. But a growing number of large new homes have been built on the lake this century, especially on the lake’s multiple islands and eastern shore. Many of the older, modest homes still sell under $100,000, but newer homes can command more than half a million dollars. The lake’s real-estate landed it a spot on the HGTV shows “Island Life” and “Island Hunters.”
What impact did the storms have on the lake’s state park?
The ODNR has closed Indian Lake State Park, on the west side of the lake, until further notice. “ODNR staff and other emergency crews will assess the impact of the storm and reevaluate the status of the park later today,” the department posted Friday. The 8,400-acre park is one of Ohio’s four original state parks, created in 1949.
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