Wallenpaupack Dam
Wallenpaupack may refer to the following in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania: *Wallenpaupack Creek, a tributary of the Lackawaxen River *Lake Wallenpaupack, an artificial reservoir on the border of Pike and Wayne counties *Wallenpaupack Area School District Wallenpaupack Area School District is a third-class school district in Pike and Wayne Counties in Pennsylvania. The district's population was 24,729 at the time of the 2010 United States Census. The district encompasses approximately . Acco ...

Wallenpaupack Creek
Wallenpaupack Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 tributary of the Lackawaxen River in the Pocono Mountains of eastern Pennsylvania in the United States.Gertler, Edward. ''Keystone Canoeing'', Seneca Press, 2004. Wallenpaupack is from the Unami language and has been interpreted as "deep, dead water" or "the stream of swift and slow water." Approximately of the lower Wallenpaupack Creek lies buried beneath Lake Wallenpaupack, a reservoir created when the utility PPL Corporation (PP&L) dammed the creek in 1926 as a water supply for a 44-megawatt hydroelectric power plant. The dividing line between the lake and the creek is the Ledgedale Road bridge. See map.
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Lake Wallenpaupack
Lake Wallenpaupack is a reservoir in Northeastern Pennsylvania. After Raystown Lake, it is the second-largest lake contained entirely in Pennsylvania. It comprises of shoreline, with a length of and a maximum depth of , and has a surface area in excess of . It was created in 1926 by the PPL Corporation for hydroelectric purposes as well as flood control; however, it is best known as one of several major recreational destinations in the Pocono Mountains. It is located near the Borough of Hawley, and forms part of the boundary between Pike and Wayne counties. See map. History The indigenous Lenape people named the area "Wallenpaupack" which means "The Stream of Swift and Slow Water." William Penn later owned the land and then deeded it to his son Thomas Penn. Upon his death it went to the Penn estate, which sold approximately in 1793 to James Wilson, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. In order to create the lake, PPL Corporation constructed a dam on Wall ...
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