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Gardner Lake
Gardner Lake is a small lake which borders the towns of Salem, Montville and Bozrah in Connecticut. Named after the Gardner family which owned a large portion of the surrounding land, the lake has been expanded in size with the construction of an earthen dam. Three state parks are located around Gardner Lake. Minnie Island State Park, the smallest state park, is a pine knoll. Hopemead State Park is a former campground that abuts the lake's eastern shore. Gardner Lake State Park primarily serves as a boat launch and swimming area, but has been beset by problems with trash and vandalism since the area was improved in 2008. Four campgrounds, a marina and dozens of private residences surround the lake. The lake is used for fishing and boating.
== History ==
Gardner Lake is a natural lake and is named for the Gardner family which owned a large portion of the surrounding area, but the history of the lake itself is more identified as the site of "an extremely public miscalculation".〔 Thomas LeCount, a grocer from Niantic, Connecticut wanted to move his two-story summer house from the south side of the lake to the east side of the lake, but believed that moving the house conventionally would be inefficient. LeCount raised up his fully furnished house and placed it on sleds and waited until February 1895 when the lake was frozen. After moving the house about off the south shore, the house slid sideways into a snowbank. The ice cracked as LeCount attempted to pull the house back, before abandoning the work at nightfall. That night, the mill operators utilized some of the lake's water for power and made a gap between the ice and surface of the water, causing the house to crack through the ice and pitch over. LeCount's summer home remained in this position until the spring thaw where it came to rest in of water with the second story and attic positioned above the water like a small lighthouse. For years, the house was the subject of children who fished off it in summer and ice skated through the house in the winter, but an enduring tale told by fishermen is that the house's piano could be heard playing on quiet nights.〔 By 2005, the house was mostly rotted away.
Though Gardner Lake is a natural lake that has been increased in size by the construction of a earthen dam. The dam raises the water level up to an average depth of . The area surrounding Gardner Lake has dozens of private homes, four campgrounds and a marina.〔
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