Lake Mauweehoo
| Lake Mauweehoo | |
|---|---|
Lake Mauweehoo depicted on a 1920s postcard | |
Lake Mauweehoo | |
| Location | Sherman, Connecticut |
| Coordinates | 41°32′23″N 73°29′53″W / 41.5396196°N 73.4981847°W |
| Surface area | 31 acres (13 ha)[1] |
Lake Mauweehoo is a 31-acre man-made lake in the town of Sherman, Connecticut. It was created in 1906 to support a community of people who moved to rural Connecticut from New York City.
History
Lake Mauweehoo was first created in 1906 by damming Glen Brook.[2] The area was settled by transplants from Brooklyn, New York who built a community of summer homes in the town of Sherman. They were led by Warren Hugh Wilson, a champion of the country life movement and rural living. The community went on to form the Mauweehoo Lake Association to fund the construction of the dam.[3] Access to the lake has remained exclusive to the residents.[4]
The lake is named for Gideon Mauwee, sachem of the Schaghticoke Tribe.[3]
Ecology and hydrology
Lake Mauweehoo has one outlet, Glen Brook, which drains into Squantz Pond.[4]
Lake Mauweehoo is at the beginning of the Sherman Breeding Bird Survey Route, a 25-mile route which is part of the larger North American Breeding Bird Survey.[5]
Dam
The Lake Mauweehoo Dam is a combination earth embankment and stone masonry concrete dam approximately 225 feet long and 22 feet high. A stone masonry wall averaging approximately 8.5 feet wide and a 24 inch thick concrete facia on the upstream side of the masonry wall runs the full length of the dam. Earth fill lying on a 2:1 slope is on the upstream side of the above-mentioned wall and stone rubble and miscellaneous debris on a 1:1.5 slope lies on the downstream side of the wall.[6]
References
- ^ "Lake Mauweehoo History". www.townofshermanct.org. Town of Sherman. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
- ^ "Lake Mauweehoo Dam in Fairfield County, CT". Cheboygan Daily Tribune. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
- ^ a b Cilio, John; Price, Ann (6 July 2025). Lake Mauweehoo History: A Timeless Collection of Stories and Photographs. Vintage Flyer Media LLC. ISBN 978-0-9827728-9-8. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
- ^ a b Natural Resource Inventory Report and Recommendations Sherman, Connecticut 2018 (PDF). Sherman Conservation Commission. 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
- ^ Wetlands Investigation Report (PDF). Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
- ^ This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States government. DTIC ADA144086