Buckeye Lake (Ohio)

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lake_name = Buckeye Lake
image_lake = Buckeye Lake Ohio.jpg
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location = Ohio
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type = reservoir
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basin_countries = United States
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area = convert|3173|acre|km2|abbr=on
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elevation = 892 ft.
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cities = Millersport, Buckeye Lake

Buckeye Lake is a lake in Fairfield, Licking, and Perry Counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. [DeLorme. "Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer". 7th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, p. 69. ISBN 0-89933-281-1.] It was the first large reservoir built in America and became Ohio's first state park in 1949. Built near the highest point of elevation between the watersheds of the Scioto and Muskingum Rivers, it was constructed to supply water for the canal system. The village of Buckeye Lake grew up on the shores of the lake.

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