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Sloan's Lake, also known as Sloan Lake, is a body of water, park and neighborhood in Denver, Colorado, located on the Northwest side of Denver, adjacent to the suburbs of Lakewood, Edgewater and Wheat Ridge. The approximate boundaries are Sheridan Boulevard to the West, 17th Avenue to the South, Meade Street to the East and 26th Avenue to the North. The neighborhood immediately surrounding the lake itself, particularly the areas just to the North and East, is also referred to as Sloan's Lake, with borders of Sheridan Boulevard to the West, 29th Avenue to the North, Federal Boulevard and Meade Street to the West, and 17th and 19th Avenues to the South.
The area surrounding the lake was once home to an amusement park and swimming facility known as Manhattan Beach, which was opened in June 1881. It was the first amusement park to be built west of the Mississippi River, but mishaps and competition from other such attractions in the vicinity (Elitch Gardens and Lakeside Amusement Park) led to its closure in 1914. Cooper Lake, a separate body of water just southeast of Sloan's Lake, would fall under the jurisdiction of the federal Works Projects Administration in the 1930s, and a plan was developed which involved building channels beneath the surface of the water on both lakes. This essentially created one body of water that has commonly become known as Sloan's Lake.
The size of the present-day combined Sloan's Lake and Cooper Lake is 177 acres, making it the s the second largest park in Denver (after City Park). Typical activities at Sloan's Lake include hiking, jogging and bicycling on the trails and sidewalks that surround the lake, and fishing and boating on the lake itself. There are basketball and tennis courts located in the park. An annual event known as the Dragon Boat Festival attracts thousands of visitors each summer, celebrating Asian American culture and civilization.
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