Penn Lake in the 1940's

I don't remember the exact year, but around 1942-43 there was a big rain storm. The land on the west side of Penn had a large washout area that channeled water from the land over there into Penn Lake. There was a culvert under Penn avenue maybe 2 feet across. There was so much water that it went over Penn and washed out the road. The dirt from that flowed out into the lake made a penninsula that is still there. This area is south of 86th about 450 feet

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What Makes Lower Penn Lake Special

This is not so much a particular story as it is an account of what makes Penn Lake (at least the lower and larger part) so special over the course of the years. My wife and I moved across the street from Lower Penn Lake in 1989, and raised our family in sight of it. We never tire of looking out our living room window at this defining natural feature of our neighborhood. Just this morning, we spotted two bald eagles out on the ice. Now, as the lake begins to ice out, we're scanning the surface for migrating birds…