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The Spruce Creek Rod and Gun Club is a historic, American clubhouse and associated outbuilding complex that is located in Franklin Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
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It is in the Saint Lawrence River drainage basin, and is the location of the mouth of Sucker Creek, the lake's only inflow, arriving at the northwest of the lake from the direction of Sucker Lake. The outflow from Little Sucker Lake flows out at the south as a left tributary of the Jocko River, which flows via Ottawa River to the Saint Lawrence ...
Sucker Lake is an endorheic lake in the municipality of Assiginack, Manitoulin District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is on Manitoulin Island about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) southwest of the community of Manitowaning and about 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) southeast of the much larger Lake Manitou . [ 2 ]
The newly organized club purchased property including an old dam and abandoned reservoir from Ruff. He had purchased it from former Congressman John Reilly (D-PA). The reservoir behind the dam was named as Lake Conemaugh by the club. It was about two miles (3.2 km) long, approximately one mile (1.6 km) wide, and 60 feet (18 m) deep near the dam.
Nine lakes, Gun Lake being the largest, provide fishing, boating and swimming. Points of interest in the park include the Devil's Soupbowl, a glacially carved kettle formation, Graves Hill Scenic Overlook, The Pines and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) era buildings.
[1] [3] The Garden and Gun club was well known in the city for its openness, breaking down barriers and allowing people of different classes and identities to mingle. [4] All members were required to agree to membership rules which began "This is a mixed club". [5] Southern lifestyle magazine Garden & Gun was named in reference to the club. [6]
The Lincoln Park Gun Club was a private (later public) gun club founded in 1912 by Oscar F. Mayer, W. C. Peacock, P. K. Wrigley, Sewell Avery, and other prominent Chicagoans. [1] John Philip Sousa and his band performed at the clubhouse's dedication. [1] The club was located in Chicago's Lincoln Park, near Diversey Harbor.