Deep Creek Lake State Park is a state park and vacation area in Garrett County, Maryland. The park surrounds a reservoir that was created by the construction of the Deep Creek Dam in 1923 by the Pennsylvania Electric Company on a tributary of the Youghiogheny River. The lake was purchased by the state of Maryland in 2000 and is used for boating, water skiing, wakeboarding, and fishing. There is a state park that borders the lake, where black bears are occasionally seen by visitors. Deep Creek Lake is about 15 miles (25 km) from Interstate 68 on U.S. Route 219.
Read more about Deep Creek Lake State Park: Deep Creek Lake Discovery Center
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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