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Lake Louise is a lake in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It has a surface area of approximately on The National Map and is located entirely in Franklin Township. The lake is dammed by the Lake Louise Dam, which is in poor condition, as of 1980. Lake Louise is situated on Sutton Creek and drains an area of . As of 1980, its watershed is mostly forested. The Lake Louise Lake Association was given a Growing Greener mini-grant in 2012. ==Geography, geology, and watershed== The main inflows to Lake Louise are Sutton Creek and two unnamed streams. The main outflow is Sutton Creek.〔 The lake has an elevation of above sea level. Under normal conditions, the lake has an area of , a volume of , and a length of . However, the maximum storage capacity is . The lake is upstream of the Susquehanna River.〔 Lake Louise is dammed by the Lake Louise Dam.〔 As of 1980, this dam is in poor condition, with a spillway capable of handling 45 percent of a probably maximum flood. It was classified as an "unsafe non-emergency dam". The dam is an earthfill dam with a height of , a length of , and a width of at the top. Lake Louise is in the Glaciated Low Plateaus section of the Appalachian Plateaus physiographic province. The main rock formation underlying the lake is the Devonian-age Susquehanna Group, which consists of conglomerate, siltstone, sandstone, and shale.〔 The watershed of Lake Louise has an area of . As of 1980, the watershed of Lake Louise is mostly forested. Most slopes in the watershed are gentle or moderate.〔 Lake Louise is entirely within the United States Geological Survey quadrangle of Center Moreland.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lake Louise (Pennsylvania)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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