Fuller Lake Explained

Fuller Lake
Location:	Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:	40.0301°N -77.2994°W
Type:	body of water
Area:	1.7acres
Pushpin Map:	Pennsylvania
Pushpin Map Alt:	Location of the body of water in Pennsylvania.

Fuller Lake is the body of water with 1.7acres of surface area^[1] in the former Pine Grove Quarry in Cooke Township, Cumberland County, south-central Pennsylvania.

It is within Pine Grove Furnace State Park and the Michaux State Forest, near the community of Toland. The state park is in the South Mountain Range of the northern Blue Ridge Mountains System.

During the period of iron ore excavation when the pit depth had sufficiently increased, mountain springs that filled the quarry required pumping.

Recreation

Present day inflow maintains a low water temperature for swimming. A beach was added in the 20th century. In 1965, Fuller Lake was closed due to contamination, and was later reopened.^[2]

The lake's lifeguards were eliminated for the 2008 season, and were restored in 2009.^[3] after a July 2008 drowning.^[4]

See also

• List of lakes in Pennsylvania

Notes and References

1. Web site: PA DCNR to Hold Public Meeting about Improvements to Fuller Lake Swimming Area. The Energy Daily. 2011-07-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20111003171124/http://www.theenergydaily.com/pressreleases/environmental_services/200811061000PR_NEWS_USPR_____DC44293.html. 2011-10-03. dead.
2. Web site: Swimming Banned At Cumberland Park. Reading Eagle. 2011-07-24. August 6, 1965.
3. Web site: February 25, 2009 . No changes planned at Fuller Lake swimming area; lifeguards will monitor swimmers . https://archive.today/20120729212500/http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/news/resource/res2009/09-0225-resource.aspx . dead . July 29, 2012 . DCNR Resource . 2011-06-19.
4. Web site: Teen's drowning revives debate over state park lifeguards . 2008-09-17 . The Philadelphia Inquirer.