Candlewood Lake Club is a
private residential community and
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
(CDP) in the town of
Brookfield,
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* Fairfield County, Connecticut
* Fairfield County, Ohio
* Fairfield County, South Carolina
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, and in the town of
New Milford,
Litchfield County, in the
U.S. state
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of
Connecticut
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. It is in the northwestern corner of Brookfield and the southwestern corner of New Milford, on the east shore of
Candlewood Lake
Candlewood Lake is a humanmade lake located in Fairfield and Litchfield counties of Western Connecticut, in the northeastern United States. At , it is the largest lake in Connecticut and the largest lake in the New York metropolitan area. T ...
. It is bordered to the south by
Candlewood Shores, to the north by
Chimney Point
Chimney Point is a peninsula in the town of Addison, Vermont, which juts into Lake Champlain forming a narrows. It is one of the earliest settled and most strategic sites in the Champlain Valley.
For thousands of years, the locale was occupied b ...
, and to the west by the town of
New Fairfield
New Fairfield is a New England town, town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 13,579 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. New Fairfield is one of five towns that surround Candlewood Lake, the largest l ...
.
The community also consists of a private
country club
A country club is a privately-owned Club (organization), club, often with a membership quota and admittance by invitation or sponsorship, that generally offers both a variety of recreational sports and facilities for dining and entertaining. Ty ...
complete with a marina, a nine-hole golf course, a clubhouse, tennis facilities, and recreational fields. There is also a private beach which is accessible to community residents and their guests, including those who are not members of the country club.
Candlewood Lake Club was first listed as a CDP prior to the
2020 census.
References
External links
Candlewood Lake Club official website
Census-designated places in Fairfield County, Connecticut
Census-designated places in Litchfield County, Connecticut
Census-designated places in Connecticut
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