"A regatta on the lower lake is a probability."-Patchogue Advance, August 17, 1878; "We Always Loved our Lakes", courtesy Yaphank Historical Society

"The draining of the lower pond and repair of a defective flue, was a picnic for small boys this week. The number of stumps and logs exposed proves that the ponds were once large swamps, through which a small stream probably meandered its way to the ocean." - Patchogue Advance, July 27, 1878; "We Always Loved our Lakes"
HISTORY OF THE YAPHANK LAKES

Permission to publish the following documents and photographs from the early years of the Yaphank Community and the Lakes was generously provided to us by the Yaphank Historical Society.

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