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Lake in Sussex County, New Jersey
Lake Owassa
(formerly
Long Pond
) is a 275-acre (111 ha) freshwater
lake
within the watershed of the
Paulins Kill
located in
Frankford Township
in
Sussex County, New Jersey
.
[1]
It is fed from runoff from
Kittatinny Mountain
along its western flank and by Bear Swamp. Water from Lake Owassa feeds into nearby
Culver's Lake
(formerly Round Pond) before flowing into the West Branch of the Paulins Kill. It is at an elevation of 866 feet (264 m).
[1]
While the name Owassa implies an origin from Native American languages, it is not derived from the
Unami
or
Munsee
dialects of the
Lenape
who resided in New Jersey. Conversely, the name was derived from the fabricated name of a fictional Indian character in a long poem written by a local clergyman, George William Lloyd (1821?1906) in
Branchville, New Jersey
for his deceased wife, Sarah Prince Lloyd (1819?1890).
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