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A community lake-history project

Help name the coves and places of Chebacco Lake

We need your help creating a shared, recognizable naming system for the lake’s coves, islands, landings, shorelines, and other distinctive areas.

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Initial locations

Community selections

Your history

Helps preserve local knowledge

Why CLWA is doing this

A shared language for the lake

Many recognizable areas of Chebacco Lake do not have a single name that is consistently used throughout the community. CLWA is working to standardize names so residents, visitors, volunteers, and public-safety partners can identify a location quickly and refer to it clearly.

The names shown on the map are only initial proposals. We would prefer—and genuinely value—community knowledge before any name is finalized.

You may know a name we don’t

Many residents have lived here for decades, and some families have been connected to Chebacco Lake for generations. A cove or landmark may already have a traditional or informal name known locally but unfamiliar to the wider community. Please share it—and the story behind it—with us.

Choose a marker

Select one of the numbered locations on the map.

Select one name

Vote for the name you believe best fits that location.

Share what you know

Suggest another name and include its local history.

Interactive naming map

Select a place to participate

One selection per locationSign in for a stronger record

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Participation without an account

You may vote without signing in. Your choice will be associated with this browser so that only one selection can be active for each location. Signing in is strongly encouraged because it creates a more reliable participation record and makes future account-based features possible.

Community input with Board oversight

Voting is an important part of the process, but it does not automatically establish an official name. The CLWA Board retains final approval and may reject inappropriate, misleading, duplicative, commercially promotional, or otherwise unsuitable names. Historical context, geographic accuracy, public safety, and community feedback may all be considered.

Every suggestion helps build a clearer map

The final names can eventually support CLWA maps, stewardship work, volunteer coordination, lake alerts, public-safety communication, community posts, and future watershed-management tools.