---
title: "Cowanesque Lake boating rules"
url: https://lakepennsylvania.org/lakes/cowanesque-lake/
verified: 2026-10-04
checked: 2026-11-01
verdict: "No horsepower limit listed"
---

# Cowanesque Lake boating rules

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.

## Rules

- 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. (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) — [58 Pa. Code §111.59(a)](https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter111/s111.59.html) — verified 2026-10-04

## Ramps

PFBC's access data lists no verified public ramp on this lake.

## Sources

- [§ 111.59. Tioga County.](https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter111/s111.59.html) (changes effective through 56 Pa.B. 5370 (August 8, 2026))

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