Cowan Lake, also known as Cowan Creek Reservoir, is a

lake A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land and are separate from ...

within Cowan Lake State Park in

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. Its surface area is . Cowan Lake lies near the Cincinnati Arch, an uplifting of bedrock that occurred during the Appalachian Mountains' building process. The erosion of this arch in the Cowan region exposes fossil-rich limestone. The limestone near Cowan and other parts of the exposed arch are some of the most famous fossil hunting fields in the world. The lake takes its name from

Cowan Creek Cowan Creek is located in New South Wales, Australia. It is a tidal subcatchment of the Hawkesbury River. Almost all of the catchment lies within Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park is a national park on the nort ...

, the creek that was dammed in 1950 to form the lake. Its source is at . Cowan Creek was named for John Cowan, the first surveyor of the area. Cowan Lake State Park, which includes the lakes and its immediate surroundings, was dedicated in 1968.

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Cowan Lake Sailing AssociationCowan Lake Fishing
* Reservoirs in Ohio Bodies of water of Clinton County, Ohio {{ClintonCountyOH-geo-stub