Lake Sylva

Lake Sylva is an 11-acre man-made lake along the Shabakunk Creek on the campus of The [College of New Jersey] in Ewing [Township, New Jersey|Ewing], Mercer [County, New Jersey|Mercer County], New Jersey, United States. The lake was created when an earthen dam was constructed across the Shabakunk in the 1920s by a local landowner, prior to the construction of the current college campus. It once contained several islands, but these were removed during a dredging project in 1988-1989. The lake is adjacent to Lake Ceva, and together the two lakes are the basis of the name of the Hillwood Lakes section of Ewing.