Dove Lake (Montgomery County, Pennsylvania)

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Dove Lake
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Dove Lake
Location Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States
Coordinates 40°1′50.7″N75°17′29.2″W / 40.030750°N 75.291444°W / 40.030750; -75.291444
Type reservoir
Primary inflows Mill Creek
Primary outflows Mill Creek
Basin  countries United States
Surface elevation233 ft (71 m) [1]

Dove Lake is a reservoir in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. [1] It was created by damming Mill Creek.

Dove Lake was the setting of the 1885 painting The Swimming Hole by Thomas Eakins.

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Dove Lake Dam.
The Swimming Hole by Thomas Eakins, 1884-85, Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas. Swimming hole.jpg
The Swimming Hole by Thomas Eakins, 1884–85, Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas.

Dove Lake is on a privately owned property in Bryn Mawr and Gladwyne.

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