Lake Musconetcong is a reservoir located on the border of
Morris County and
Sussex County,
New Jersey
New Jersey is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York (state), New York; on the ea ...
, and is part of
Hopatcong State Park, which is administered by the
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) is a government agency in the U.S. state of New Jersey that is responsible for managing the state's natural resources and addressing issues related to pollution. NJDEP now has a staff ...
. The
Musconetcong River
The Musconetcong River is a tributary of the Delaware River in northwestern New Jersey in the United States.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 It flows throug ...
flows through the lake.
Lake Musconetcong was created by the building of the Lake Musconetcong Dam in the mid-19th century to provide an additional water source, then known as the Stanhope Reservoir, for the
Morris Canal
The Morris Canal (1829–1924) was a common carrier anthracite coal canal across northern New Jersey that connected the two industrial canals at Easton, Pennsylvania across the Delaware River from its western terminus at Phillipsburg, New Je ...
. The lake was deeded over to the State of New Jersey with the other parts of the Morris Canal System in 1924. Boating, fishing, and ice fishing are popular recreational activities on this lake.
The lake covers , with a mean depth of approximately and a maximum depth of . The lake's
watershed
Watershed is a hydrological term, which has been adopted in other fields in a more or less figurative sense. It may refer to:
Hydrology
* Drainage divide, the line that separates neighbouring drainage basins
* Drainage basin, called a "watershe ...
covers . Lake Musconetcong is downstream of
Lake Hopatcong, the largest lake in New Jersey and is part of its watershed.
The Lake Musconetcong Regional Planning Board has five representatives from each of the five local municipalities,
Morris and Sussex counties, and from the State of New Jersey.
Gallery
File:Lake Musconetcong Dam, Netcong, NJ.jpg, Lake Musconetcong Dam
File:Lake Musconetcong Dam control building, Stanhope, NJ.jpg, Control building for the dam, Stanhope United Methodist Church
The Stanhope United Methodist Church is a historic church built 1920 in the borough of Netcong in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. It is across the Musconetcong River from Stanhope. Historically known as The Church in the Glen, it w ...
in the background
File:Morris Canal, Lock 1 West, Stanhope, NJ.jpg, Remains of Morris Canal
The Morris Canal (1829–1924) was a common carrier anthracite coal canal across northern New Jersey that connected the two industrial canals at Easton, Pennsylvania across the Delaware River from its western terminus at Phillipsburg, New Je ...
Lock 1 West, looking toward the lake
See also
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Musconetcong Mountain
Musconetcong Mountain is a ridge in the Highlands region of New Jersey running south of and parallel to the Musconetcong River. The ridge travels through Alexandria, Holland, Bethlehem and Lebanon Township.
Prominent Features
*Point Mountai ...
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Musconetcong River
The Musconetcong River is a tributary of the Delaware River in northwestern New Jersey in the United States.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 It flows throug ...
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Musconetcong Tunnel
Easton and Amboy Railroad was a railroad built across central New Jersey by the Lehigh Valley Railroad (LVRR) in the 1870s. The line was built to connect the Lehigh Valley Railroad coal hauling operations in Pennsylvania with the Port of New York ...
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Musconetcong County, New Jersey Musconetcong County was a proposed county in New Jersey, which was to be created from parts of Hunterdon and Warren counties.
Boundaries
The 1852 New Jersey Senate Bill No. 97 describes the proposed county as follows:
Beginning at a point in the ...
References
External links
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Lake Musconetcong Community Association*
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Lakes of Morris County, New Jersey
Reservoirs in New Jersey
Lakes of Sussex County, New Jersey
Musconetcong River