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Lake Scranton
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Location	Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	41°23′N 75°38′W / 41.383°N 75.633°W / 41.383; -75.633
Type	reservoir
Primary inflows	Stafford Meadow Brook
Basin countries	United States
Surface area	16,281 acres (6,589 ha)

Lake Scranton is a lake in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, with a 3.5 mile running track surrounding it. The lake is considered to be a reservoir built with a dam in the early 1900s. The lake borders East Mountain and Scranton, Pennsylvania. The lake is owned by the Pennsylvania American Water Company which supplies the city with drinking water.

History

The lake formed by the dam built by William Walker Scranton in 1898 was called the "Burned Bridge Reservoir", though the public called the lake "Lake Scranton". In the twenty-second episode of season three of The Office (“Beach Games”), Michael Scott calls it is the eighth largest indigenous body of water in America; this is done solely for the show as there is no such classification.