Cooper Lake, located near Lake Hill in the
Town of Woodstock,
Ulster County
Ulster County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. It is situated along the Hudson River. As of the 2020 census, the population was 181,851. The county seat is Kingston. The county is named after the Irish province of Ulster.
History
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,
New York, is the largest natural
lake
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...
in the
Catskill Mountains. However, it has been expanded somewhat over the years since it serves as the main
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 ...
for the nearby City of
Kingston and
Town of Ulster, which stores water there that it pipes from Mink Hollow Stream in addition to the water that reaches the lake from its 8.6-square mile (22.4 km²)
drainage basin
A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ...
.
It holds roughly to the city a year; providing an average of a day to Kingston and Ulster.
Swimming and fishing in Cooper Lake are prohibited.
The area of Cooper Lake and the surrounding grounds is owned b
City of Kingston Water Department[http://imo.ulstercountyny.gov/propdetail.aspx?swis=515800&PrintKey=02600200010031000000]
References
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Lakes of Ulster County, New York
Woodstock, New York
Reservoirs in New York (state)
Lakes of New York (state)