june 1963 boating issue - Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission

DELAWARE COUNTY
D ELAWARE RIVER TIDEWATER —Essington seap lane
ase > adjacent to Little Tinnicum Island, railway and stone ramp.
u el. Service charge #2.
essington, Governor Printz Marin*, travel lift only. Fuel. Service
Ch; ar
ge #3.50.
tssington Yacht Yard, 2nd and Wanamaker Aves.; Ross Boat
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d, 2nd Ave., Essington; Corinthian Yacht Club of Philadelphia,
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d Ave. and Taylor, Essington; 7th Ave. Bridge Boat Yard, 7th
L^ Ve - and Chester Creek; Anchorage Marine Basin, Front and Jansen
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-i Essington; Essington Yacht Club.
&ARBY CREEK—Prospect Park Marina, stone ramp, owner
Plated. Fuel available. Service charge $2.
willowbrook Marina, concrete ramp, fuel. Service charge $2.
JESTER CREEK—Fred Brown boat yard, travel lift. Service
cllii rge $2.
Chester West End Boat Club. Crushed stone ramp for members
only.
ELK COUNTY
CLARION RIVER, EAST BRANCH DAM-E
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Pes northeast of Johnsonburg, off L.R. 24021, Bendigo State Park.
; P-N) Dam provides 1,370 water surface acres for pleasure boat-
8 and skiing.
ERIE COUNTY
UKE ERIE—For the pleasure boat owner Lake Erie offers just
°ut the ultimate in pleasure boating with facilities galore—all proved
by the City of Erie through the Erie Park and Harbor Com-
•ssion, the Pennsylvania Fish Commission and the Department of
Crests and Waters.
trie city launching sites: foot of Chestnut Street, a free hard suraced
ramp with parking for cars and trailers; and the public dock,
°°t of State Street which caters to larger boats. Hoist available.
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based on size of boat.
"IcAlister's Marina, State Street public dock, makes available boat
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"s on a rental basis. Those wishing to dock boats for an entire
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ori contact the Erie Park and Harbor Commission, Presque Isle
^tate Park.
Presque Isle affords at least two public launching ramps. Both are
" r d surfaced ramps with parking facilities. One is located at Niagara
stridor, off beach 6; while the other provides access to Misery Bay,
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rth of the Perry Monument at the lagoon entrance.
Also there is Leo's boat livery, near the patk office at the West
"d of the peninsula; hoists and mooring available on the peninsula
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Parating Duck Pond from Erie Harbor, with a fee based on size
° f craft; and Denmark's boat livery in the Lagoon, near the Misery
a
y entrance.
At present arrangements are underway for the construction of a
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launching site on the south side of the Erie Harbor entrance,
"ear the Wayne Block House.
West of Erie, off Rt. 5, are such launching areas as: PFC ramp,
j acres, at the mouth of Walnut Creek (S-P); another just west of
J~ a ke City, at mouth of Elk Creek, privately owned, launching fee,
*~ per day (B-P-GO); and small craft can be accommodated at a
be
ach launch ing area near the extreme western end of Erie County,
f Raccoon Creek. A fee is charged for launching with parking facilities
Mailable.
Options have been taken on 17 acres of land at the extreme eastern
^d of the county to provide another access area to Lake Erie just
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°yond Twenty Mile Creek.
Also in the county access areas have been provided to Edinboro
ake, LeBoeuf Lake and North East Borough Bull Reservoir. How-
Vet
outboard motors are prohibited at these lake sites.
FAYETTE COUNTY
YOUGHIOGHENY DAM-Located between Fayette and Som
erset Counties. A flood control reservoir (U. S. Army Engineers)
with 3,000 acres of water for boating in Pennsylvania and Maryland.
Launching facilities at: Somerneld, 2 miles west of Addison, off
Rt. 40. (S-P-GO-N) Confluence, one mile southwest of Confluence,
off Rt. 281. (B-P-N) Jockey Hollow, west of Addison, off Rt. 40.
(S-P-N)
FOREST COUNTY
ALLEGHENY RIVER—Tionesta Dam, one mile east of
Tionesta. (S-P-N)
Tionesta Fish Cultural Station, one mile north of Tionesta, Rt.
62. (S-P-N)
West Hickory, east end of West Hickory bridge, Rt. 62. (S-P-N)
FRANKLIN COUNTY
No suitable pleasure boating waters.
FULTON COUNTY
No suitable pleasure boating waters.
GREENE COUNTY
MONONGAHELA RIVER—Rice's Landing, one mile east of
Dry Tavern, off Rt. 88. (B-P-N)
Scott Harbor, at Point Marion, off Rt. 119. (S-P-GO-N)
HUNTINGDON COUNTY
JUNIATA RIVER, RAYSTOWN BRANCH - Westbrook,
marina, Yocum boat house, Filson anchorage and Suters landing,
all about 7 miles south of Huntingdon, on L.R. 31032.
(S-P-GO-C)
Pennsylvania Fish Commission ramp, Raystown, on Raystown Dam,
near Hesston, off Rt. 26.
INDIANA COUNTY
CONEMAUGH RESERVOIR—Six mile long, 300 acre body
of water west of Blairsville, off Rts. 22—119.
JEFFERSON COUNTY
No suitable pleasure boating waters.
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