{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox body of water | name = Lake Owassa | other_name = Long Pond <!-- Images --> | image = Lake Owassa Frankford Township NJ 1896 photo.jpg | alt = | caption = Lake Owassa in Frankford Township, New Jersey, as seen in 1896. Kittatinny Mountain is seen in the background <!-- Stats --> | location = Frankford Township, New Jersey | coordinates = {{coord|41.1512971|-74.8117095|format=dms|region:US-NJ_type:waterbody|display =inline,title}} | type = Lake | part_of = Paulins Kill | inflow = Bear Swamp | rivers = | outflow = | basin_countries = United States | area = {{convert|275|acre}} | elevation = {{convert|264|m|abbr=on|order=flip}}<ref name=gnis></ref> <!-- Map --> | pushpin_map = USA New Jersey Sussex County#New Jersey | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = Location of the lake in New Jersey | pushpin_map_caption = | mapframe = yes <!-- Below --> | website = | reference = }} '''Lake Owassa''' (formerly '''Long Pond''') is a {{convert|275|acre|adj=mid}} freshwater lake within the watershed of the Paulins Kill located in Frankford Township in Sussex County, New Jersey.<ref name=gnis>{{gnis|879061}}</ref> It is fed from runoff from Kittatinny Mountain along its western flank and by Bear Swamp. Water from Lake Owassa feeds into nearby Culver's Lake (formerly Round Pond) before flowing into the West Branch of the Paulins Kill. It is at an elevation of {{convert|866|ft|m}}.<ref name=gnis />
While the name Owassa implies an origin from Native American languages, it is not derived from the Unami or Munsee dialects of the Lenape who resided in New Jersey. Conversely, the name was derived from the fabricated name of a fictional Indian character in a long poem written by a local clergyman, George William Lloyd (1821–1906) in Branchville, New Jersey for his deceased wife, Sarah Prince Lloyd (1819–1890).<ref>{{cite web |title=Lake Owassa Nostalgia |url=https://www.lakeowassa.org/lakeowassanostalgia.html |website=lakeowassa.org |access-date=13 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204180447/https://www.lakeowassa.org/lakeowassanostalgia.html |archive-date=4 February 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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==External links== {{commonscat}} * http://www.lakeowassa.org/
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Owassa Owassa Category:Paulins Kill watershed Category:Frankford Township, New Jersey