Lake Zoar
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Lake Zoar is a reservoir on the Housatonic River in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It was formed by the completion of the Stevenson Dam, which flooded an area of Oxford and Stevenson named "Pleasantvale" or "Pleasant Vale". "Connecticut's Lakes Reflect Our History, Present". Retrieved 2018-04-02. The towns of Monroe, Newtown, Oxford, and Southbury border Lake Zoar.[2] The name Zoar originates from corner of Newtown and Monroe that once called itself Zoar after the Biblical city Zoara near the Dead Sea.[3]
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Lake Zoar | |
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Location | Fairfield and New Haven counties, Connecticut |
Coordinates | 41°23′18″N 73°10′39″W |
Type | reservoir |
Managing agency | Lake Zoar Authority, 'FirstLight Power Resources' |
First flooded | 1919 (1919) |
Max. length | 10 miles (16 km) |
Surface area | 909 acres (368 ha) |
Average depth | 29 feet (8.8 m) |
Max. depth | 72 feet (22 m) |
References | [1] |
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