Lake Sylva | |
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Location | Ewing Township, Mercer County, New Jersey |
Coordinates | 40°16′17.74″N 74°46′27.59″W / 40.2715944°N 74.7743306°W |
Type | Reservoir |
Primary inflows | Shabakunk Creek |
Primary outflows | Shabakunk Creek |
Surface area | 11 acres (4.5 ha) |
Surface elevation | 85 feet (26 m) |
Lake Sylva is an 11-acre man-made lake along the Shabakunk Creek on the campus of The College of New Jersey in Ewing, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States.[1][2] The lake was created when an earthen dam was constructed across the Shabakunk in the 1920s by a local landowner, prior to the construction of the current college campus. It once contained several islands, but these were removed during a dredging project in 1988-1989.[3] The lake is adjacent to Lake Ceva, and together the two lakes are the basis of the name of the Hillwood Lakes section of Ewing.