{
    "name": "Cowanesque Lake",
    "slug": "cowanesque-lake",
    "url": "https://lakepennsylvania.org/lakes/cowanesque-lake/",
    "counties": [
        "Tioga"
    ],
    "motor_class": "no_hp_limit_listed",
    "verdict": "No horsepower limit listed",
    "hp_max": null,
    "kw_max_ours": null,
    "kw_note": null,
    "pwc": "no_rule_found",
    "pwc_label": "No lake-specific PWC rule found (statewide PWC rules apply)",
    "electric_slow_no_wake": false,
    "state": "ok",
    "sources_differ": null,
    "cross_border": null,
    "acres": 1090,
    "acres_source": "PFBC Lakes Point 202411, AreaAcres",
    "verified_at": "2026-10-04",
    "official_text_rechecked": "2026-11-01",
    "answer": "No horsepower limit is listed for Cowanesque Lake in 58 Pa. Code §111.59(a), but other rules apply: slow, no-wake in Mapes Creek and Baldwins Creek coves, between the buoy lines near the East and West launches, and from west of the South Shore area to the headwaters. Source: 58 Pa. Code §111.59(a). Verified Oct. 4, 2026.",
    "facts": [
        {
            "id": "cowanesque-lake#1",
            "kind": "slow_no_wake_zone",
            "summary": "Slow, no-wake in Mapes Creek and Baldwins Creek coves, between the buoy lines near the East and West launches, and from west of the South Shore area to the headwaters.",
            "conditions": {
                "zone": "Mapes Creek Cove; Baldwins Creek Cove; between buoy lines near the East and West Boat Launch areas; buoy line west of the South Shore Use Area to the headwaters"
            },
            "locator": "§111.59(a)",
            "citation": "58 Pa. Code §111.59(a)",
            "source_url": "https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter111/s111.59.html",
            "quote": "Boats are limited to slow, no wake speed in the following areas: (1) Mapes Creek Cove. (2) Baldwins Creek Cove. (3) Between the buoy lines across the lake in the vicinity of East and West Boat Launch areas. (4) From the buoy line west of the South Shore Use Area upstream to the headwaters of the lake.",
            "statewide_rule_applied": false,
            "hp": null,
            "mph": null,
            "verified_at": "2026-10-04",
            "last_confirmed_at": "2026-11-01",
            "state": "ok"
        }
    ],
    "lake_specific_statewide_rules": [],
    "ramps": [],
    "access_data_as_of": "20260827",
    "agency_ramp_notes": [],
    "license": "Rule summaries CC BY 4.0; ramp data PFBC",
    "disclaimer": "Summaries, not legal advice. The official text and posted signs control."
}