Lake Matoaka, Undated

ID: 237 ~ Source: University Archives Photograph Collection, UA 8. ~ Creator: Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

This file appears in: Lake Matoaka, Constructed Circa 1700-1750

An undated image of Lake Matoaka with fall colors.

This file appears in: Lake Matoaka, Constructed Circa 1700-1750

Lake Matoaka, Constructed Circa 1700-1750

By Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries

Prior to the founding of William & Mary in 1693, Lake Matoaka was an open watercourse of streams and wetlands known as Archer's Hope Swamp. Sometime between 1700 and 1750, this original section of…