How did Lake Warren in Pennsylvania get its name? This page provides a brief history about the creation of Lake Warren.
A beautiful artificial lake in northeastern Nockamixon Township, formed by impounding the headquarters of Tinicum Creek. To the north Cauffman Hill is a conspicuous object, its wooded slopes rising nearly 300 feet above the surface of the lake. Semi-circular in form, the lake covers forty square acres and is held back by a massive dyke 950 feet long. The lake’s maximum depth at the spillway is nine feet.
Construction work was begun May 12, 1935, and was continued with an interruption of less than three months until December 24, 1936, when the entire project, including a rebuilt road from the State highway to the lake, was completed. It was publicly dedicated by the Bucks County Federation of Sportsmen on Sunday, June 20, 1937. The dedicatory address was made by Major Nicholas Biddle, of Jenkintown, Pa., president of the Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners. The lake lies wholly within the limits of a game refuge owned by the State. Its total cost was $25,000, the funds and labor being mainly supplied by the federal Work Projects Administration (WPA). It was sponsored by Bucks County Sportsmen and is designed as a haven for migratory waterfowl and for other conservation purposes. The lake is a monument to the conservation work accomplished by Warren Fretz during his long service as Game Protector for Bucks County. He suggested the project, pushed it to completion, and the lake was named for him. Protector Fretz superintended the construction, with Howard Hinkle acting as foreman of his staff of workers.