Lake Delano is a
reservoir
A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation.
Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...
within the
F. D. Roosevelt State Park, in
Harris County, Georgia
Harris County is a county located in the west-central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia; its western border with the state of Alabama is formed by the Chattahoochee River. As of the 2020 census, the population was 34,668. The county seat is ...
.
There are a number of conflicting information, but the lake is officially Lake Delano. Per official Georgia State Park website:
"2 Lakes (15-acre Lake Delano and 25-acre Lake Franklin)"
Lake Delano was named after
Sara Roosevelt
Sara Ann Roosevelt ( Delano; September 21, 1854 – September 7, 1941) was the second wife of James Roosevelt I (from 1880), the mother of President of the United States Franklin Delano Roosevelt, her only child, and subsequently the mother ...
, the presidential mother.
A variant name is "Delano Lake".
References
Delano Delano or DeLano may refer to:
Places in the United States
* Delano, California
* Delano, Wichita, Kansas, a neighborhood in Wichita and former community before merging with Wichita
* Delano, Minnesota
* Delano, Nevada
* Delano, Pennsylvania
* De ...
Bodies of water of Harris County, Georgia
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