Clopper Lake at Seneca Creek State Park was dug out and flooded in 1975. Before that, a small section of Longdraft Road traveled straight across where the middle of the lake is today. Did you know that all lakes in Maryland are man-made?
| Name | Date | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Allie | 7/5/10 | Human-made would be a much more inclusive description |
| Michele | 7/5/10 | I remember watching the water level rise when they were flooding the lake. Dad and I would go out weekly (?) to see the change. I was quite young. I think people don't believe me when I say part of Longdraft runs under the lake. :-) There was a gentleman who would take photos of this on a regular basis. He and my father would talk while I measured. |
| Darlene | 4/8/11 | For once in History class I listened about all the Lakes in Montgomery County. lol |
| Andrew Odom | 5/25/11 | So that lake is man-made too? I noticed that about this area. Interesting! I had noticed that part of Longdraft but never looked down that way. P.S. "Man-made" does not mean males but is commonly (even today, after decades of revisionism) understood as not meaning sex or gender. |
| Tanya | 12/13/11 | I remember when they were filling the lake. We also used to go down and watch the progress. There used to be evening campfires at Seneca Park. One year, a ranger told a story about how an Indian Princess and a Chief's son from a rival tribe fell in love. They couldn't be together since their tribes were rivals, so they cried and cried and their tears formed the lake. I was just a kid and I remember thinking, "That's not how it happened, they built a dam and the creeks got bigger and made the lake. I saw it myself!". My mom told the Ranger he needed to wait about 10 more years to tell that story; until a younger group of kids come along who don't remember the building of the lake!!! |
| Andy Bittner | 11/3/12 | Maryland is the only state, out of all 50, that has NO naturally occurring lakes. |
| Brett Baas | 4/22/14 | I grew up in a subdivision called Quince Orchard Valley just off of Longdraft rd. My family moved there from California in April of 1971 or 1972, not sure of the year. But as a kid I could cut through the woods behind my house at 12205 Bayswater rd. and get t Seneca creek state park. So I spent countless hours of a portion of my childhood playing in that park. Both before and after they Dammed up the creek . Many many many great memories !!!! |
| Lynn Anstine | 3/21/15 | Or, if you lived there in the 1950-early 60's as I did, there was no lake or park. My home, which was built by my father and uncle, was taken by eminent domain and became the ranger's home. |
| Pat White | 7/14/15 | They may have started filling the lake in 1975, but the old Longdraft Road still crossed the stream on a low bridge in 1977 and our mailman Skip continued to drive across it until the water got too high. My son born in Nov 1976 was walking and talking before the old bridge went under water. |
| John | 9/30/15 | I remember it well..would go down and see what all the fuss was about when we were kids. |
| Alan Gaidelis | 12/24/15 | Moved to the original section of Bayswater Rd in Oct of 1969. Our school bus was coming home one afternoon on the section of Longdraft Rd that is now under the lake. There was a blind turn there where our bus hit a trash truck. What a day. I remember riding my dirt bike in the lake and dam constructions sites. Those were the days for sure. |