---
title: "Canonsburg Lake boating rules"
url: https://lakepennsylvania.org/lakes/canonsburg-lake/
verified: 2026-10-04
checked: 2026-11-01
verdict: "Electric motors only"
---

# Canonsburg Lake boating rules

Only electric motors may be used on Canonsburg Lake, a Fish and Boat Commission lake. No gas engine may run, even to charge batteries, and electric boats stay at slow, no-wake. Personal watercraft aren't allowed. Sources: PFBC Canonsburg Lake page; 58 Pa. Code §53.8(a). Verified Oct. 4, 2026.

## Rules

- PFBC's page for this lake: electric motors or unpowered boats only; electric boats at slow, no-wake. — [PFBC lake page: Boating](https://www.pa.gov/agencies/fishandboat/about-us/pfbc-lakes/canonsburg-lake) — verified 2026-10-04
- On Fish and Boat Commission lakes no gas engine may run, even just to charge or power an electric motor. — [58 Pa. Code §53.8(a)](https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter53/s53.8.html) — verified 2026-10-04
- Electric-powered boats: slow, no-wake speed only. — [58 Pa. Code §53.8(a)](https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter53/s53.8.html) — verified 2026-10-04
- Electric and unpowered boats may be used with a gas engine attached, as long as it is not run. — [58 Pa. Code §53.8(a)](https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter53/s53.8.html) — verified 2026-10-04
- Personal watercraft use internal-combustion engines, which may not run on Commission lakes, so PWCs can't be used here. — [58 Pa. Code §109.3(a)(1) with §53.8(a)](https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter109/s109.3.html) — verified 2026-10-04

## Ramps

- Canonsburg Lake: 40.27038, -80.13151

## Sources

- [Canonsburg Lake](https://www.pa.gov/agencies/fishandboat/about-us/pfbc-lakes/canonsburg-lake)
- [§ 53.8. Boats.](https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter53/s53.8.html) (changes effective through 56 Pa.B. 5370 (August 8, 2026))
- [§ 109.3. Personal watercraft.](https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter109/s109.3.html) (changes effective through 56 Pa.B. 5370 (August 8, 2026))

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