Bear Lake, Indiana

Bear Lake
Community
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Coordinates: 41°19′21.18″N 85°31′4.88″W / 41.3225500°N 85.5180222°W / 41.3225500; -85.5180222Coordinates: 41°19′21.18″N 85°31′4.88″W / 41.3225500°N 85.5180222°W / 41.3225500; -85.5180222
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Noble
Township	Noble
Area
• Water	0.212500 sq mi (0.550372 km²)
Elevation	895 ft (273 m)
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EST (UTC−5)
ZIP code	46701
Area code(s)	260

Bear Lake is a small lake side community, located 28 miles north-west of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Points of interest include Bear lake Camp, Bear Lake Church, Elwood H. Thomas Public Beach, and Merry Lea Environmental Center.^[1]

Bear Lake Camp

Bear Lake Camp is a Christian summer camp for students entering grades 2-12.^[2] Bear Lake Camp is a member of CCCA Bear Lake Camp is also the location of the Bear Lake Church.

Elwood H. Thomas Public Beach

The Elwood H. Thomas Public Beach is a public beach run and kept up by the East Shore Property Owners Association. It is the only privately owned public beach in the state of Indiana.^[3]

Merry Lea Environmental Center

See article: Merry Lea Environmental Center
Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center of Goshen College is located just south of Wolflake at Bear Lake in Noble County, Indiana. Merry Lea is the largest privately held land reserve in the state of Indiana. The center serves as a field laboratory for students at Goshen College who are studying ecology, environmental education and agroecology. In addition, Merry Lea provides environmental educational experiences for elementary students in the center's service area which includes the Fort Wayne metropolitan area as well as Warsaw, Huntington, Kendallville, Goshen and Elkhart.

References

Municipalities and communities of Noble County, Indiana, United States

County seat: Albion

Cities	Kendallville Ligonier

Towns	Albion Avilla Cromwell Rome City Wolcottville‡

Townships	Albion Allen Elkhart Green Jefferson Noble Orange Perry Sparta Swan Washington Wayne York

CDP	Kimmell

Unincorporated communities	Ari Bakertown Bear Lake Brimfield Burr Oak Cosperville Egans Point Ege Green Center Indian Village LaOtto Lisbon Merriam Ormas‡ Port Mitchell Swan Wakeville Village Wawaka Wayne Center Wilmot Wolf Lake

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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