Colonial Lake is a man-made lake along the

Shabakunk Creek The Shabakunk Creek is a tributary of the Assunpink Creek in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 26, 2013 Via the Assunpink, its ...

in Lawrence Township, Mercer County,

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. It is located on Business Route 1 across from the Lawrence Shopping Center. The lake was created when an earthen dam was constructed across the Shabakunk in 1924 by local housing developers interested in providing recreation opportunities for a nearby development, which became known as Colonial Lakelands. The lake is currently the centerpiece of Lawrence Township's Colonial Lake Park.

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