Cheat Lake

Cheat Lake is an eight mile (13 km) long reservoir on the Cheat River in Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA. It was originally named Lake Lynn, but the Board on Geographic Names officially decided upon Cheat Lake as the reservoir's name in 1976. The surface area of Cheat Lake is about . It is located immediately downstream of the 10-mile long Cheat Canyon.

Cheat Lake Dam is located directly south of the Mason-Dixon Line border with Pennsylvania. The dam is run by eleven employees and has a generating capacity of 52 megawatts. Cheat Lake Dam's total length across the Cheat River is approximately 1,000 feet (305 m). It began its operation on May 31, 1926.

See also

• Mont Chateau State Park, former state park adjoining the lake
• Coopers Rock State Forest

External links

• CheatLake.com
• Cheat Lake Environment & Recreation Association (CLEAR)
• Cheat Lake Today
• Survey number HAER WV-30 - Lake Lynn Hydroelectric Power House & Dam, Cheat River, Morgantown vicinity, Monongalia County, WV CTL.

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