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Lake Hopatcong
Lake Hopatcong is the largest freshwater body in New Jersey, United States, about 4 square miles (10 km²) in area. Located 30 miles from the Delaware River and 40 miles from New York City, the lake forms part of the border between Sussex and Morris counties in the state's northern highlands region. Lake Hopatcong was produced by damming and flooding of two ponds, known as the Great Pond and Little Pond, and the Musconetcong River, its natural outlet. Historically known as a resort lake for vacationing New Yorkers, it is now a mostly suburban residential lake.
==Name==
The exact origin of the name Hopatcong is unknown, though it is most commonly attributed to the Lenape Indian word for "stone water," or "stone over water".〔(Koppenhaver, Bob. "Ye Olde Lake". Skylands Visitor. Summer 2013: 8-13. (Print) )〕 Some linguists believe "Hopatcong" to be a derivative of the Lenape word ''hapakonoesson'', meaning "pipe stone". A definition perhaps more widely known is "honey waters of many coves", invented at the beginning of the 20th century to stimulate tourism.〔(Welcome to Hopatcong, Historical Information )〕
Before the late 1700s, Lake Hopatcong was known by several names, including Great Pond and Little Pond (before flooding into a single lake), Sandhay Sea (circa 1648), Brookland Pond (mid-1700s), and Musconetcong Pond (1769).〔(Koppenhaver, Bob. "Ye Olde Lake". Skylands Visitor. Summer 2013: 8-13. (Print) )〕
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