Tumtum Lake is a small lake located in the Upper Adams River valley in the

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. It is a popular fishing lake, containing

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. "Tumtum" is a

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word for "heart", or the "pulsing of the heart", and may refer to the sound of the waterfalls on the Upper Adams River downstream from the lake.

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