A "15,000-year-old spring-fed glacial kettle pond" once thought to be 600 feet deep
Day 404
Oakland Lake
February 6th, 2013
I'm walking every street in New York City.
This is the counterpoint to my walk across the US. Instead of seeing a million places for just a minute each, I'm going to spend a million minutes exploring just one place. By the time I finish walking every block of every street in all five boroughs, I'll have traveled more than 8,000 miles on foot — all within a single city. Details!
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~9,954 miles walked
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From the NYC parks site:
In 1969, a diving expedition went in search of the lake bottom, undergoing elaborate emergency prevention measures in case the alleged river’s current was too strong. However, the dive proved that the lake was only approximately 20 feet deep and did not lead to an underground river as legend claimed.
Why not just row out there and take a sounding with a line and a rock?
A lot of people had had that idea, but the Parks Department kept vigilant watch to prevent them, knowing it would mess up the story they wanted to put on a sign one day. Ignorance is bliss!