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=Veterans Memorial Lake= Fostoria, Ohio 44830 Veterans Memorial Lake webpage Veterans Memorial Lake map

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Veterans Memorial Lake
Coordinates: 41.1321569, -83.4517909 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Veterans Memorial Lake
Veterans Memorial Reservoir is situated in northeast Hancock County, Washington Township, 2 miles southwest of Fostoria. It is right off OH-12 on Washington Township Road 218 and approximately 4 miles north of US-224.

Veterans Memorial is an upground reservoir; water is obtained by pumping from the East Branch Portage River, which is east of the reservoir. It was completed in 1991, designed to provide water to the city of Fostoria and for recreation.

Veterans Memorial has a surface area of 157 acres at maximum water level and a storage capacity of approximately 996 million gallons. Veterans Memorial was built with structural modifications to increase the production and harvest of fish, including fishing reefs, spawning shelves, and a stump area. Its maximum depth of 28 feet is located in the northeastern portion of the lake, and it has an average depth of approximately 16 feet. From Veterans Memorial Lake webpage

Photo by Vic Fazio

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