History of Deep Creek Lake, Maryland

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Deep Creek Lake, Maryland

Deep Creek Lake in Garrett County, Maryland, USA is about 15 miles (24 km) from Interstate 68 on U.S. Route 219. It lies just west of the Allegheny Front on a large plateau known as the Tablelands or Allegheny Highlands. Its location at the southernmost end of Meadow Mountain places it west of the Eastern Continental Divide and within the Mississippi River watershed.^[1]

The lake is a result of the Youghiogheny Hydroelectric Company hydroelectric project on Deep Creek in the 1920s. Deep Creek Dam, located about 8 miles (13 km) north of Oakland, Maryland, consists of an earth and rock wall dam across a tributary of the Youghiogheny River. Construction of the dam began in 1923 and was completed in 1925. The hydroelectric plant became operational in 1928. The lake was purchased by the state of Maryland in 2000 from the Pennsylvania Electric Company and public access to the lake is provided by Deep Creek Lake State Park.^[1]

Deep Creek Lake is the largest inland body of water in the state of Maryland and is home to a wide variety of freshwater fish and aquatic birds. It covers approximately 3,900 acres (16 km²) and has 69 miles (111 km) of shoreline. Like all lakes in Maryland, it is man-made.^[2] Deep Creek Lake has evolved as the centerpiece of tourism in Western Maryland. Popular water-based attractions are recreational boating, sailing, swimming, water skiing, wake boarding and fishing.^[3] Fish commonly caught by anglers include:^[4]

[edit] See also

Deep Creek Lake State Park - State of Maryland Department of Natural Resources article
Deep Creek Dam

[edit] Notes and references

^ ^a ^b "Deep Creek Lake State Park and Natural Resources Management Area". Maryland State Parks, Forests, and Maryland's Wildlife Management Areas-Western Maryland Public Lands. Maryland Department of Natural Resources. http://www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/western/deepcreeklake.html. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
^ "Maryland’s Lakes and Reservoirs: FAQ (FactSheet 15)". Maryland Geological Survey. Maryland Department of Natural Resources. http://www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/western/deepcreeklake.html. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
^ "The History of Deep Creek Lake". Power Plant Research Program. Maryland Department of Natural Resources. http://www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/western/deepcreeklake.html. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
^ "Maryland Fish Facts". Maryland Fisheries Service. Maryland Department of Natural Resources. http://www.dnr.state.md.us/fisheries/fishfacts/index.asp. Retrieved 2009-11-18.

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Coordinates: 39°30′34″N 79°23′28″W / 39.50944°N 79.39111°W / 39.50944; -79.39111

Protected Areas of Maryland

Federal

National Historic Parks, Sites & Monuments	Antietam National Battlefield • Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park • Clara Barton National Historic Site • Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine • Hampton National Historic Site • Monocacy National Battlefield • Thomas Stone National Historic Site

National Park Service Parks	Catoctin Mountain Park • Fort Foote Park • Fort Washington Park • Glen Echo Park • Greenbelt Park • Harmony Hall • Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Farm • Piscataway Park

National Wildlife Refuges	Blackwater • Eastern Neck • Martin • Patuxent Research Refuge • Susquehanna River

National Trails System	Appalachian Trail • Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail • Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network • Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail • Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail

Other Protected Areas	Assateague Island National Seashore • Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network • Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

State

State Parks	Assateague • Big Run • Bill Burton Fishing Pier State Park • Calvert Cliffs • Casselman River Bridge • Chapel Point • Cunningham Falls • Dans Mountain • Deep Creek Lake • Elk Neck • Fort Frederick • Fort Tonoloway • Gambrill • Gathland • Greenbrier • Greenwell • Gunpowder Falls • Hart-Miller Island • Herrington Manor • Janes Island • Jonas Green • Martinak • Matapeake • New Germany • North Point • Palmer • Patapsco Valley • Patuxent River • Pocomoke River • Point Lookout • Purse • Rocks • Rocky Gap • Rosaryville • Sandy Point • Seneca Creek • Smallwood • South Mountain • St. Clement's Island • St. Mary's River • Susquehanna • Swallow Falls • Tuckahoe • Washington Monument • Wye Oak

State Forests	Cedarville • Chesapeake • Doncaster • Elk Neck • Garrett • Green Ridge • Pocomoke • Potomac-Garrett • Savage River • Seth • Stoney • Wicomico

Wildlife Management Areas	Avondale • Belle Grove • Billmeyer • Bowen • Cedar Island • Cedar Point • Cheltenham • Chicamuxen • Dan's Mountain • Deal Island • Diersson • E.A. Vaughn • Earlville • Ellis Bay • Fairmount • Fishing Bay • Frederick City Watershed • Grove Farm • Gwynnbrook • Heater's Island • Hugg-Thomas • Idylwild • Indian Springs • Islands of the Potomac • Isle of Wight • Johnson • Le Compte • Linkwood • McKee-Beshers • Maryland Marine Properties • Millington • Mt. Nebo • Myrtle Grove • Nanticoke River • Old Bohemia • Pocomoke River • Prather’s Neck • Pocomoke Sound • Sideling Hill • Sinepuxent Bay • South Marsh • Strider • Taylors Island • Warrior Mountain • Wellington

Natural Environment Areas	Belt Woods • Dundee • Governor Parris N. Glendening • Mattawoman • Morgan Run • Severn Run • Soldiers Delight • Zekiah Swamp

County and
Municipal

Parks & Sanctuaries	Acorn Park • Clifton Park • Constitution Park • Fort Smallwood Park • Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary • Lake Centennial • Lake Elkhorn • Lakelands Park • Oregon Ridge Park • Patterson Park • Robert E. Lee Memorial Park

Non-governmental

Parks & Sanctuaries	Battle Creek Cypress Swamp Sanctuary • Merkle Wildlife Sanctuary • Sherwood Gardens • Somers Cove Marina • Sugarloaf Mountain • Western Maryland Rail Trail • Youghiogheny Scenic & Wild River

Maryland Department of Natural Resources (web): Maryland Park Service (web) and Maryland Forest Service

v t e Waters of Maryland

Bays/Estuaries	Assawoman • Chesapeake • Chincoteague • Eastern • Fishing • Herring • Isle of Wight • Mallows • Newport • Pocomoke • Sinepuxent • Tangier

Rivers	Anacostia • Annemessex (Big) • Annemessex (Little) • Back • Bird • Blackwater • Blackwater (Little) • Bohemia • Bush • Casselman • Chester • Chicamacomico • Choptank • Choptank (Little) • Christina River • Corsica • Elk • Front • Gunpowder • Hawlings • Jones Falls • Magothy • Magothy (Little) • Manokin • Middle • Miles • Monocacy • Monocacy (Little) • Nanticoke • North East • Patapsco • Patuxent • Pocomoke • Port Tobacco • Potomac • Rhode • St. Martin • St. Marys • Sassafras • Savage • Severn • South • Susquehanna • Transquaking • Tred Avon • Warwick • West • Wicomico (Potomac) • Wicomico • Wye • Wye East • Youghiogheny

Creeks/Runs/Streams	Antietam • Alloway • Ballenger • Bear (Patapsco) • Bear (Sideling Hill) • Bear (Youghiogheny) • Bennett • Big Pipe • Bodkin • Bread and Cheese • Broad (Choptank) • Broad (Potomac) • Broad (Susquehanna) • Broad Run • Budds • Cabin John • Carroll • Catoctin • Catoctin (Little) • Chicamuxen • Conococheague • Conococheague (Little) • Conowingo • Cuckold • Curtis • Deep Run • Deer • Dividing • Double Pipe • Dry Seneca • Dueling • Dundee • Evitts • Fifteenmile • Fishing • Flintstone • Frog Mortar • Furnace • Georges • Great Seneca • Greys • Gwynns Falls • Harris • Henson • Herring Run • Honga • Indian (Anacostia) • Indian (Patuxent) • Israel • Laurel Run • Licking • Linganore • Little Falls Branch • Little Pipe • Little Seneca • Lyons • Main • Marley • Marsh • Marshyhope • Mattawoman • Meekins • Middle • Minnehaha Branch • Moores Run • Muddy Branch • Nanjemoy • Nassawango • Northeast Branch Anacostia River • Northwest Branch Anacostia River • Octoraro • Owens • Oxon • Paint Branch • Parsons • Piney • Piscataway • Pomonkey • Rock (Potomac) • Rock Run • Rockburn Branch • Romney • St. Leonard • Saltpeter • Sams Creek • Sellman • Seneca (Middle) • Seneca (Potomac) • Sideling Hill • Slaughter • Sligo • Stony • Swanson • Toms • Tonoloway • Town (Patuxent) • Town (Potomac) • Town (Tred Avon) • Trappe • Tuckahoe • Turville • Tuscarora (Monocacy) • Tuscarora (Potomac) • Tuscarora (Little) • Watts Branch • Wills • Winters Run

Lakes	Artemesia • Centennial • Deep Creek • Elkhorn • Bernard Frank • Jennings Randolph • Kittamaqundi • Little Seneca • Needwood • Roland • Youghiogheny

Reservoirs	Dalecarlia • Liberty • Loch Raven • Piney Run • Prettyboy • Rocky Gorge • Triadelphia

v t e Municipalities and communities of Garrett County, Maryland, United States

County seat: Oakland

Towns	Accident Deer Park Friendsville Grantsville Kitzmiller Loch Lynn Heights Mountain Lake Park Oakland

CDP	Bloomington Crellin Finzel Gorman Hutton Jennings Swanton

Unincorporated communities	Altamont Bittinger Fairview Keysers Ridge McHenry Red House Sang Run Selbysport Shallmar

v t e State of Maryland

Annapolis (capital)

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