By Nancy Sonmore – volunteer contributor
Lake Bennett, Central Park
2540 Lexington Ave N
Maybe you’ve just completed an enjoyable stroll around Lake Bennett. It’s hard to imagine, then, that this body of water as we know it didn’t even exist until the mid 1960s!
Central Park’s original Lake Bennett site was a wetland, a natural low-lying area. When Central Park was being planned, its layout included a lake. To create this, storm sewers were built in 1965 to channel water from new residential areas into the wetland. This caused the low-lying area to gradually expand into the 25 acre, nine foot deep lake we now know as Lake Bennett.
The trail around Lake Bennett is approximately one mile long. It features a lovely waterfall on the Victoria West side and is home to a variety of bird species.
Illustration by Lior Fleischmann
