We-Wah Lake

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We-Wah Lake
Location: Orange County in New York (USA)
Tributaries: Warwick Brook
Drain: Ramapo RiverPompton RiverPassaic River
Larger places nearby: Tuxedo Park
We-Wah Lake (New York)
We-Wah Lake
Coordinates 41 ° 12 '56 "  N , 74 ° 11' 41"  W Coordinates: 41 ° 12 '56 "  N , 74 ° 11' 41"  W
Data on the structure
Crown length: 100 m
Data on the reservoir
Altitude (at congestion destination ) 150  m
Water surface 23.3 ha
Reservoir length 1 km
Reservoir width 250 m
Maximum depth 5.3 m
Catchment area 16.7 km²

The We-Wah Lake (also Wee Wah Lake ) is a small artificial lake in Orange County , the State of New York . The lake, 150 m above sea level, is 23.3 hectares in size, up to about 5.3 m deep and has a catchment area of 16.7 km². We-Wah Lake is fed by the higher lying lakes Tuxedo Lake and Pond No. 3 (Little Wee Wah Lake) and Warwick Brook . It drains into the nearby Ramapo River , a source of the Pompton River .

Located entirely in the area of ​​the Village Tuxedo Park , We-Wah Lake is primarily intended for recreation. When the lake was emptied in the middle of the 20th century, the remains of the "Continental Road" built during the American War of Independence were discovered .

Individual evidence

  1. National Register of Historic Places Registration 1978 , New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (English)

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