Lake Clarke in

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is a man-made lake along the

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formed by the Safe Harbor Dam, a public works project of the 1930s

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and one of the electrification projects of the

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. It is approximately long centered within the

Conejohela Valley The Conejohela Flats are a group of islands in the flooded Conejohela Valley, a large floodplain along the southernmost 30 miles (50 km) of the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania and Maryland in the United States. The valley was flooded primaril ...

approximately downstream of historic

Wright's Ferry Wright's Ferry was a Pennsylvania Colony settlement established by John Wright in 1726, that grew up around the site of an important Inn and Pub anchoring the eastern end of a popular animal powered ferry (1730–1901) and now a historic part ...

(1630−1901). Safe Harbor Water Power Corporation provides picnic areas,

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s, playgrounds and other public recreation facilities at several locations on both sides of the lake. Lake Clarke is home to Long Level Marina, Safe Harbor's boat-access areas, Susquehanna Yacht Club, Lake Clarke Rescue Inc., and two private marinas that are located on the York County side of the lake. The United States

Coast Guard Auxiliary The United States Coast Guard Auxiliary (USCGAUX, CGAux, or USCG Aux) is the uniformed, civilian volunteer component of the United States Coast Guard. Congress established the military organization, unit on 23 June 1939, as the United States Coa ...

Flotilla 19-5 (Division 19 (5th District Northern Region (NR)) patrols the area of Lake Clarke and is based out of Auxiliary Station Long Level, 1960 Long Level Road, Wrightsville, on the York County side of the lake.

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Bodies of water of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Bodies of water of York County, Pennsylvania

Clarke Clarke is a surname which means "clerk". The surname is of English and Irish origin and comes from the Latin . Variants include Clerk and Clark. Clarke is also uncommonly chosen as a given name. Irish surname origin Clarke is a common surname ...

Susquehanna River {{YorkCountyPA-geo-stub

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