Lake Alice (Gainesville, Florida)

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location = Gainesville, Florida
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Lake Alice is a small lake on the University of Florida campus in Gainesville, Florida, USA.

The lake is a wildlife area and is one of the few areas in incorporated Gainesville to view live alligators. Close to the lake is a bat house [http://www.afn.org/~ufbat/] . The Baughman Center sits on southwest bank of the lake. On Lake Alice's northern side, there is a boardwalk that leads visitors through the woods and swamp to a viewing platform.

How Lake Alice obtained its name is uncertain. Prior to the 1890s, Lake Alice was known as "Jonah's Pond" but by 1894, US Geological Surveys noted it as Lake Alice. A Master's thesis written in 1953 makes the unreferenced claim that it was named for the only daughter of a Mr. Witt, who owned a farm of which the lake was a part. [http://www.gainesvillesun.com/article/20080316/NEWS/803160323/1002/NEWS]

External links

* [http://www.TravelingAround.com/lake_alice.html Tour of Lake Alice & Surroundings @ TravelingAround.com]
* [http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/ufarch/lakealice.htm Photograph]
* [http://www.gainesvillesun.com/article/20080316/NEWS/803160323/1002/NEWS History of Lake Alice]