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SURPRISE LAKE, NEW JERSEY
THIS LAKE GOT ITS NAME IN A STRANGE WAY. SETTLERS IN THE NEXT
TOWN, WHO HAD CAREFULLY PLOTTED THE AREA, STUMBLED ONTO THIS LAKE
WHICH HAD NOT FIGURED INTO THEIR EARLIER PLOTTING--SO THEY CALLED
IT SURPRISE LAKE.
Submitter comment: LEROY PICKED UP THIS INFORMATION WHILE LIVING NEAR THE LAKE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name |
Date learned: 09-25-1967