Lake Jean Dam

Lake Jean Dam is a dam in Colley Township, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania. Lake Jean Dam is situated nearby to Ganoga Lake, as well as near the reservoir Lake Rose.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ganoga Lake and Lake Rose.

Ganoga Lake

Lake

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Ganoga Lake is a natural lake in Colley Township in southeastern Sullivan County in Pennsylvania, United States. Known as Robinson's Lake and Long Pond for most of the 19th century, the lake was purchased by the Ricketts family in the early 1850s and became part of R.

Lake Rose

Reservoir

Lake Rose is a dry lake in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It has a surface area of approximately 25 acres, and is situated in Fairmount Township.

Clemuel Ricketts Mansion

House

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The Clemuel Ricketts Mansion is a Georgian-style house made of sandstone, built in 1852 or 1855 on the shore of Ganoga Lake in Colley Township, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, United States. Clemuel Ricketts Mansion is situated 1 mile west of Lake Jean Dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ricketts and Mossville.

Ricketts

Hamlet

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Ricketts is a ghost town that was established as a lumber mill company town in Sullivan and Wyoming counties, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Ricketts was built in 1890 along Mehoopany Creek in both Colley Township in Sullivan County and Forkston Township in Wyoming County for sawmills of the Trexler and Turrell Lumber Company. Ricketts is situated 3 miles north of Lake Jean Dam.

Mossville

Hamlet

Mossville is an unincorporated community in Fairmount Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. Mossville is situated 5 miles south of Lake Jean Dam.

Lake Jean Dam

Type: Dam
Description: dam in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Location: Colley Township, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.3491° or 41° 20′ 57″ north

Longitude

-76.29881° or 76° 17′ 56″ west

Elevation

2,228 feet (679 metres)

Open location code

87H58PX2+JF

GeoNames ID

5196823

Wikidata ID

Q48991797

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Lake Jean Dam” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Lake Jean Dam”

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