Lake Elkhorn

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lake_name = Lake Elkhorn
image_lake = Lakeelkhorn.jpg
caption_lake = View of Lake Elkhorn, with townhouses in background
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location = Columbia, Maryland
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type = manmade
inflow = Little Patuxent River
outflow = Little Patuxent River
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Lake Elkhorn is a 37 acre manmade lake located in the Owen Brown area of Columbia, Maryland. It is surrounded by a park and townhouses. The lake, which was built in 1974, is named for the Elkhorn branch of the Little Patuxent River [ [http://www.columbiamaryland.com/othernam.htm How Columbia, MD Streets Were Names ] ] . Its main features are a small dam and a park with a picnic pavilion and a two-mile (3 km) walking path around the lake.

The lake's location behind a large number of townhouses, though considered an attractive feature to homeowners, has raised concern following the drowning of a small child on September 2, 2005. A movement was started soon after to erect a fence around the lake, but to this day, the fence is yet to be built [ [http://www.examiner.com/a-97920~Columbia_yet_to_install_fence_at_tot_lot_near_scene_of_child_s_drowning.html Columbia yet to install fence at tot lot near scene of child’s drowning - Examiner.com ] ] [ [http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-16966466_ITM CA reviews options for fence around Lake Elkhorn tot lot. | Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) (May, 2006) ] ] .

ee also

*Lake Centennial
*Lake Kittamaqundi

External links

* [http://www.columbiamaryland.com/elklake.htm Lake Elkhorn information]
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=columbia,+md&ie=UTF8&ll=39.183604,-76.840868&spn=0.007401,0.014248&t=h&z=16 Aerial view of Lake Elkhorn]

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