The modern day village of Lake Ariel is located in Lake Township.
The town and the surrounding area have a long and colorful
heritage. The early pioneers settled at the southern end of the
lake and established the area known as Jonestown and Jones Lake.
The northern end of the lake was initially called No. 19, for the
stationary steam engine on the Pennsylvania Coal Company's Gravity
Railroad. While one newspaper account claims that the lake was
named for a spirit in Shakespeare's Tempest, another claimed the
lake was renamed Lake Ariel from Isaiah 29, the home of David.
Around Lake Ariel features historic images of the steam launches
and the amusement park that drew hordes of vacationers to the area,
as well as the summer homes of many of Scranton's leaders that were
built along the lake's shores.
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