Feats
The first person known to swim the length of the Lake was Helen Tobey, 17, who, in 1910, swam from Turner’s to Gibson’s (about 1 and a half miles) in 70 minutes.
Helen Humphries was the first to swim the length of the lake from Miami Beach to Gibson’s (about 2 miles). She did it in 1928 in 70 minutes.
Michael Danek of Westfield, Massachusetts caught a State record Northern Pike in January 1987; it weighed 32 pounds, 4 ounces.
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“Old men forget; yet all shall be forgot,
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What feats he did that day.”
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