Lake Manjo (also known as Manjo Lake) is a manmade

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, in the United States. It has a surface area of approximately and is situated in Franklin Township. The surficial geology near the lake consists of bedrock and Wisconsinan Till. The lake is not accessible to the public. However, a camp known as Camp Orchard Hill is located near the lake.

Geography and geology

The main outflow of Lake Manjo as an unnamed stream that joins Sutton Creek at Lake Louise. The elevation near the lake is above

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. Lake Manjo is a small artificial pond. There is a road in the vicinity of the lake, but it is a posted,

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. There is no public access to the lake. Lake Manjo is entirely within the

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quadrangle of Center Moreland. It is also located near the community of Center Moreland. The

surficial geology Superficial deposits (or surficial deposits) refer to geological deposits typically of Quaternary age (less than 2.6 million years old). These geologically recent unconsolidated sediments may include stream channel and floodplain deposits, beach ...

immediately to the north of Lake Manjo mainly features

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consisting of

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and

shale Shale is a fine-grained, clastic sedimentary rock formed from mud that is a mix of flakes of clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolin, Al2 Si2 O5( OH)4) and tiny fragments (silt-sized particles) of other minerals, especial ...

. To the south and west, however, the surficial geology consists of a

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known as Wisconsinan Till. A small patch of Wisconsinan Ice-Contact Stratified Drift also occurs a short distance to the west of the lake.

History and recreation

Lake Manjo was entered into the

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on August 2, 1979. Its identifier in the Geographic Names Information System is 1199105. The lake was also historically known as Manjo Lake. It has existed since at least 1938. There are at least two docks on Lake Manjo, one of which is long. The docks were built by 2010 by

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David Novak and weigh more than apiece. The docks were intended to be multi-use. A camp known as Camp Orchard Hill is located at Lake Manjo. In 2013, an Eagle Scout made improvements to the lake's waterfront area. These included constructing four benches, building ten mooring stations for boats, and improving the lake's docks.

References

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Geography and geology

History and recreation

See also

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