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Allegheny Reservoir
of the Seneca Nation. The residents in these areas were
forced to move.[1][2]
Geography
The Allegheny Reservoir is surrounded by the Allegheny
National Forest in Pennsylvania and Allegany State Park
and the Seneca Nation’s Allegany Reservation in New
York. The man-made lake is about 198 miles (319 km)
above the mouth of the river in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
and located within Warren and McKean Counties in
Pennsylvania and Cattaraugus County and the Allegany
State Route 59 crossing the reservoir in Warren County, Penn- Reservation in New York. The reservoir is 24 miles
sylvania (39 km) long and at full pool it covers 21,180 acres
(85.7 km2).[1][2][3]
Lake)
The Allegheny Reservoir (also known as Kinzua Lake
is a reservoir along the Allegheny River in Pennsylvania References
and New York, USA. It was created in 1965 by the con-
struction of the Kinzua Dam along the river. [1] ^ U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Kinzua Dam &
Allegheny Reservoir
[2] ^ Dwyer, Tom. A Guide to the Allegheny National
History Forest, (Google Books), Penn State Press, 1999, pp.
The Allegheny Reservoir is a man-made lake created 45-55, (ISBN 0-9666045-0-4).
along the Allegheny River with the construction of the [3] Allegheny Reservoir recreation area details -
Kinzua Dam in 1965. The lake and the dam are operated Pennsylvania - Recreation.gov
by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The construction Coordinates: 41°50′16″N 79°00′14″W / 41.83778°N
of the lake and dam cost $108 million and destroyed the 79.00389°W / 41.83778; -79.00389
towns of Kinzua and Corydon, as well as some of the lands
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• Reservoirs in Pennsylvania
• Reservoirs in New York
• Protected areas of Warren County, Pennsylvania
• Protected areas of McKean County, Pennsylvania
• Allegheny River
• Protected areas of Cattaraugus County, New York
• Allegheny National Forest
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