Lake Louise is a lake in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It has a surface area of approximately 67acre on The National Map and is located entirely in Franklin Township. The lake is dammed by the Lake Louise Dam, which is in poor condition, as of 1980. Lake Louise is situated on Sutton Creek and drains an area of 2.69sqmi. As of 1980, its watershed is mostly forested. The Lake Louise Lake Association was given a Growing Greener mini-grant in 2012.Geography, geology, and watershedThe main inflows to Lake Louise are Sutton Creek and two unnamed streams. The main outflow is Sutton Creek. The lake has an elevation of 1083ft above sea level. Under normal conditions, the lake has an area of 56acre, a volume of 193acre.ft, and a length of 4000ft. However, the maximum storage capacity is 705acre.ft. The lake is 4mi upstream of the Susquehanna River.Lake Louise is dammed by the Lake Louise Dam. As of 1980, this dam is in poor condition, with a spillway capable of handling 45 percent of a probably maximum flood. It was classified as an "unsafe non-emergency dam". The dam is an earthfill dam with a height of 16ft, a length of 210ft, and a width of 26ft at the top.Lake Louise is in the Glaciated Low Plateaus section of the Appalachian Plateaus physiographic province. The main rock formation underlying the lake is the Devonian-age Susquehanna Group, which consists of conglomerate, siltstone, sandstone, and shale.
