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| Location | Portage County, Ohio |
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| Lake type | kettle lake |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Surface elevation | 1,053 ft (321 m) |
| Settlements | Brady Lake |
Brady Lake is a natural lake located in Portage County, Ohio, United States. Portage County is a County located in the US state of Ohio. As of 2000 the population was 152061 A lake (from Latin lacus) is a Terrain feature (or Physical feature) a body of Liquid on the surface of a world that is localized to the A kettle (or kettle hole) is a shallow sediment-filled body of water formed by retreating glaciers or draining floodwaters A drainage basin is an extent of Land where Water from Rain or Snow melt drains downhill into a body of water such as a River, Brady Lake is a village in Portage County, Ohio, United States. A lake (from Latin lacus) is a Terrain feature (or Physical feature) a body of Liquid on the surface of a world that is localized to the Portage County is a County located in the US state of Ohio. As of 2000 the population was 152061 Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads The United States of America —commonly referred to as the It is a kettle lake and has no tributaries or outlets. A kettle (or kettle hole) is a shallow sediment-filled body of water formed by retreating glaciers or draining floodwaters The majority of the lake lies within the boundaries of the village of Brady Lake, while the remainder is in Franklin Township. Brady Lake is a village in Portage County, Ohio, United States. Franklin Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States.
Name
Brady Lake gets its name from Captain Samuel Brady who hid in the lake in 1780 while fleeing a band of local American Indians. Not to be confused with Sam Brady a pseudonym used by UK television critic Steve Regan. Year 1780 ( MDCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States Initially, the lake was referred to as "Brady's Lake" before eventually being shortened to the modern Brady Lake. [1]
Historical uses
Brady Lake was used during the operation of the Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal as a source of water along with nearby Pippen Lake, as the canal passed just to the south of the lake just east of present-day Kent, Ohio. The Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal, also known as the P & O Canal, the Cross Cut Canal and the Mahoning Canal was a shipping canal which operated from Kent is a city in Portage County, Ohio, United States. It is located along the Cuyahoga River in the northeastern part of Ohio and the [2] From 1900-1924 Brady Lake was used to harvest ice in for local ice boxes, with some ice being shipped as far as Cleveland and Youngstown, Ohio. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Cleveland is a City in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state Youngstown is a city in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Mahoning County. [3]
References
- ^ Did Sam Brady Jump?
- ^ Ehmann P&O
- ^ Wardle, Michelle (2005). Images of America: Kent. Charleston, South Carolina, USA: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0-7358-3381-5.
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