Lake Carasaljo
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| Lake Carasaljo | |
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| Location | Lakewood Township, New Jersey |
| Coordinates | 40°05′28″N 74°13′26″W / 40.091189°N 74.223944°WCoordinates: 40°05′28″N 74°13′26″W / 40.091189°N 74.223944°W |
| Lake type | reservoir |
| Basin countries | United States |
A man-made lake in the center of Lakewood Township, New Jersey, Lake Carasaljo and its sister, Lake Manetta, were created by the damming a northern tributary of the Metedeconk River in 1883, when Lakewood was the site of the Bergen Iron Works.
Lake Carasaljo is named after the three daughters of the owner of the Bergen Iron Works, Joseph Woolston Brick, for whom Brick Township, New Jersey is named. His daughters were named Caroline(nicknamed 'Carrie'), Sarah ('Sally') and Josephine ('Jo'). Brick's wife Manetta lent her name to its sister lake.[1]
Local legend is that the three girls drowned in the lake, which was subsequently named after them. Historical documents show the three girls were alive when the lake was named.
Another man-made lake, Lake Shenandoah, is also found along the same branch of the Metedeconk River and is part of the Ocean County, New Jersey Department of Parks and Recreation.
Georgian Court University, which is on the grounds of what was once an estate of George Jay Gould, is on the northern shore of the lake. The lake is bound on the north side by North Lake Drive, on the south by South Lake Drive, on the east by U.S. Route 9 (also known as River Road) and on the west by Hope Chapel Road. It is separated from Lake Manetta by the Central Avenue Bridge.
