Buckeye Lake Yacht Club

Before the settlers arrived, the big swamp about 30 miles east of the future site of the City of Columbus was filled with a variety of wetland plant and animal life. Soon after the settlers began to arrive in the early 1800's, they began constructing canals for transporting their products to market. Canals needed water storage reservoirs and the big swamp provided a site. So embankments were built to hold the water which became known as the Licking Reservoir. The canals and their adjacent tow paths... more