Located near Wilkes-Barre in Luzerne County, Harvey's Lake is now largely a private residential area; but in its Victorian-era heyday it was a bustling public playground with stately hotels, swimming areas, an amusement park and even steamboats.

The lake was discovered by accident during the Revolutionary War by Benjamin Harvey, a local patriot returning home from British imprisonment in Canada. The area's early history and settlement is one of the first chapters in the country's pioneering westward expansion.

This website honors both aspects of the lake's past--as a colorful tourist haven and as the home of generations of hard-working families whose descendants are still numerous in the area.

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