Lake Sylvia: The Lake That Went to Work

Search “Lake Sylvia” and open the page. Read the whole thing — including the “Look closer” cards — and answer each question in your own words.

1. 1.Was Lake Sylvia always there, or did people make it?

   🔎 The opening paragraph.

2. 2.Around what year did the dam create the mill pond?

   🔎 The “A working lake” section.

3. 3.What was the mill pond used for in the logging days?

   🔎 “A working lake.”

4. 4.After the big logging slowed down, what new job did the dam do for the town?

   🔎 “A working lake.”

5. 5.In what year did the City of Montesano give the land to the state to become a park?

   🔎 End of “A working lake.”

6. 6.How many acres did the city give to the state?

   🔎 End of “A working lake.”

7. 7.What group of young men built the park’s trails, shelters, and picnic spots in the 1930s?

   🔎 “Look closer” → Built by the CCC.

Challenge · Grades 7–12

1. 8.The dam served two different purposes over time. Name both and explain how the town reused it.

   🔎 “A working lake,” both paragraphs.

2. 9.Why does the page say you can “read the whole story in the stumps”? What do the stumps and the new forest together show?

   🔎 Opening paragraph + the stumps/forest cards.

3. 10.What are the notches in the old stumps, and what do they tell us about how loggers worked?

   🔎 The “Stumps like tombstones” card.