Lake Musconetcong is a reservoir located on the border of Morris County and Sussex County,

New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...

, and is part of

Hopatcong State Park Hopatcong State Park is a state park in the Landing section of Roxbury Township, New Jersey. Operated and maintained by the New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry, the park consists of two parcels of land: one that encompasses Lake Hopatcong ...

, which is administered by the

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) is a government agency in the U.S. state of New Jersey that is responsible for managing the state's natural resources and addressing issues related to pollution. NJDEP now has a staff o ...

. The

Musconetcong River The Musconetcong River is a tributary of the Delaware River in northwestern New Jersey in the United States.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 It flows through ...

flows through the lake. Lake Musconetcong was created by the building of the Lake Musconetcong Dam in the mid-19th century to provide an additional water source, then known as the Stanhope Reservoir, for the

Morris Canal The Morris Canal (1829–1924) was a common carrier anthracite coal canal across northern New Jersey that connected the two industrial canals at Easton, Pennsylvania across the Delaware River from its western terminus at Phillipsburg, New Jers ...

. The lake was deeded over to the State of New Jersey with the other parts of the Morris Canal System in 1924. Boating, fishing, and ice fishing are popular recreational activities on this lake. The lake covers , with a mean depth of approximately and a maximum depth of . The lake's watershed covers . Lake Musconetcong is downstream of

Lake Hopatcong Lake Hopatcong is the largest freshwater body in New Jersey, United States, about in area. Located from the Delaware River and from Manhattan, New York City, the lake forms part of the border between Sussex and Morris counties in the state's ...

, the largest lake in New Jersey and is part of its watershed. The Lake Musconetcong Regional Planning Board has five representatives from each of the five local municipalities,

Morris Morris may refer to: Places Australia *St Morris, South Australia, place in South Australia Canada * Morris Township, Ontario, now part of the municipality of Morris-Turnberry * Rural Municipality of Morris, Manitoba ** Morris, Manitob ...

and Sussex counties, and from the State of New Jersey.

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File:Lake Musconetcong Dam, Netcong, NJ.jpg, Lake Musconetcong Dam File:Lake Musconetcong Dam control building, Stanhope, NJ.jpg, Control building for the dam, Stanhope United Methodist Church in the background File:Morris Canal, Lock 1 West, Stanhope, NJ.jpg, Remains of

Lock 1 West, looking toward the lake

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Lake Musconetcong Community Association
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Musconetcong Lakes of Morris County, New Jersey Reservoirs in New Jersey Lakes of Sussex County, New Jersey Musconetcong River

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