Location Portage County, Ohio Basin countries United States Surface elevation 321 m | Type kettle lake Settlements Brady Lake Cities Brady Lake | |
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Similar Kent Stage, Geauga Lake, Coney Island, Zoombezi Bay, Castaway Bay | ||
Brady Lake is a natural lake located in Portage County, Ohio, United States. It is a kettle lake and has no tributaries or outlets. The majority of the lake lies within the boundaries of the village of Brady Lake, while the remainder is in Franklin Township.
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Map of Brady Lake, Ohio 44240, USA
NameEdit
Brady Lake gets its name from Captain Samuel Brady who hid in the lake in 1780 while fleeing a band of local American Indians. Initially, the lake was referred to as "Brady's Lake" before eventually being shortened to the modern Brady Lake.
Historical usesEdit
Brady Lake was used during the operation of the Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal as a source of water along with nearby Pippen Lake, as the canal passed just to the south of the lake just east of present-day Kent, Ohio. From 1900-1924 Brady Lake was used to harvest ice in for local ice boxes, with some ice being shipped as far as Cleveland and Youngstown, Ohio.