Lake Whitney
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Lake Whitney is a reservoir in New Haven County, Connecticut, historically significant as one of the earliest public water supplies for the New Haven area and now a scenic feature of East Rock Park.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lake Whitney canonical | 4 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | reservoir ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
East Rock
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lake Whitney Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ Whitney Avenue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basinCountry | United States of America ⓘ |
| category |
Bodies of water of New Haven County, Connecticut
ⓘ
Hamden, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ New Haven, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ Reservoirs in Connecticut ⓘ |
| cityServed |
Hamden
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Haven NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| created | 19th century ⓘ |
| crossedBy | Whitney Avenue bridges NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featureOf | East Rock Park landscape ⓘ |
| formedBy | dam on the Mill River ⓘ |
| hasBank | wooded shoreline areas ⓘ |
| hasDam | Lake Whitney Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEcosystemType | freshwater lake ecosystem ⓘ |
| hasWildlife |
aquatic plants
ⓘ
fish ⓘ waterfowl ⓘ |
| historicalRole | early municipal reservoir for New Haven ⓘ |
| historicSignificance | one of the earliest public water supplies for the New Haven area ⓘ |
| inflows | Mill River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
East Rock Park
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hamden, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ Mill River watershed ⓘ New Haven County, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ New Haven, Connecticut ⓘ |
| manages | Lake Whitney Water Treatment Plant vicinity ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Eli Whitney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near | Yale University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| outflows | Mill River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | New Haven public water supply system ⓘ |
| recreation |
birdwatching
ⓘ
walking and jogging along adjacent trails ⓘ |
| region | Southern Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | Connecticut ⓘ |
| use |
public water supply
ⓘ
recreational fishing ⓘ scenic amenity ⓘ |
| visibleFrom | East Rock summit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| watercourse | Mill River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| waterType | freshwater ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.