Every Lake
Edinboro Lake
A glacial kettle lake with a college town on its shore — proof that the small lakes are the ones people love hardest.
- 8 ft · first step
- 16 ft
- 23 ft
- 31 ft
- 39 ft · bottom
About Edinboro Lake
Edinboro Lake is a kettle: a hollow left by a block of ice that broke off the retreating glacier and melted in place some twelve thousand years ago. At 282 acres and 39 feet deep it is a modest piece of water by any measure, which is precisely why nobody else makes a map of it.
The borough at its south end was settled by Scots and named for the capital they left behind. In 1857 it opened an academy that became the Edinboro State Normal School, then Edinboro University, and the lake has been the town's front yard ever since — the Lakeside boathouse, the Edinboro Lake Resort at the north end, the winter ice, Lullabye Drive's cottages on the west shore.
Conneauttee Creek feeds it and leaves it over a small dam to join French Creek. Ask anyone who grew up here: the map of their childhood is this outline.
- Lakeside Drive, Lullabye Drive, Route 6N, Erie Street and every cottage lane
- Five depth layers in a lake most maps show as a flat blue blob
- The boathouse shore and the resort end
Turn it in your hands
Live 3D of the actual cut files — drag to orbit, pinch to zoom. Every road you see is engraved on the real thing.
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Edinboro Lake depth chart, in wood
This is a Edinboro Lake depth chart you can hang: 5 stacked layers of birch, each one a depth contour — 8 ft, 16 ft, 23 ft, 31 ft, 39 ft, down to the deepest hole at about 39 ft. The lake covers about 0.4 square miles, and 67 shore roads are engraved around it. The shape of the bottom is the real one from published soundings, so anglers recognise their drop-offs and points.
A Edinboro Lake map for the wall — or a gift
Most of these go to a cabin wall, a lake house entry, or a home office; a lot are gifts — the family that has been on Edinboro Lake for three generations, the retirement move, the first boat. The 12-inch is the desk-and-shelf size; the 24- and 30-inch boards read across a room. Add a line under the title and star your place on the shore, and it becomes the map of your Edinboro Lake.
Edinboro Lake map — the details
How big is the map?
Four sizes: 12, 17, 24 and 30 inches on the long side, from $149. Every size is cut from the same depth data of Edinboro Lake; the bigger boards carry more shoreline roads and place names.
Is it made from real depth data?
Yes. Edinboro Lake is cut layer by layer from published bathymetric soundings — each layer of birch is a depth contour, so the shape of the bottom is the real one, not decorative.
Can I add my own place on it?
Yes. At checkout you can add a line under the title (a family name, a cabin name, a year) and star the spot on the shore that matters to you.
How long does it take?
Made to order in Waterford, Pennsylvania and shipped in 7–10 days; shipping is free in the lower 48.
Can you make a lake that isn't listed?
Any lake in the United States — we hold depth data for 104,419 of them. Search for yours; if it isn't built yet we build it when you order.
- 5 depth layers down to 39 ft
- 0.4 square miles of water
- 67 shore roads engraved, 19 named
- Title block, compass rose and depth markers
- Birch plywood, keyhole hanger, made in Waterford, PA
