{
    "name": "Shumans Lake",
    "slug": "shumans-lake",
    "url": "https://lakepennsylvania.org/lakes/shumans-lake/",
    "counties": [
        "Sullivan"
    ],
    "motor_class": "electric_only",
    "verdict": "Electric motors only",
    "hp_max": null,
    "kw_max_ours": null,
    "kw_note": null,
    "pwc": "prohibited",
    "pwc_label": "PWCs not allowed",
    "electric_slow_no_wake": true,
    "state": "ok",
    "sources_differ": null,
    "cross_border": null,
    "acres": 37,
    "acres_source": "PFBC Lakes Point 202411, AreaAcres",
    "verified_at": "2026-10-04",
    "official_text_rechecked": "2026-11-01",
    "answer": "Shumans Lake is on State game lands: no gas motors, and electric motors only at slow, no-wake unless the water is posted closed to motors. Personal watercraft aren't allowed. Source: 58 Pa. Code §135.41(c)(8). Verified Oct. 4, 2026.",
    "facts": [
        {
            "id": "shumans-lake#1",
            "kind": "motor",
            "summary": "On State game lands: no gas motors; electric motors only at slow, no-wake, unless the water is posted closed to boats or to all motors.",
            "conditions": null,
            "locator": "58 Pa. Code §135.41(c)(8)",
            "citation": "58 Pa. Code §135.41(c)(8)",
            "source_url": "https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter135/s135.41.html",
            "quote": "Use a boat propelled by a motor or operate a boat in excess of slow, no wake speed. Boats propelled by electric motors are authorized for use on waterways when operated at slow, no-wake speed unless the waterway is otherwise posted closed to all boats or all boats propelled by a motor.",
            "statewide_rule_applied": false,
            "hp": null,
            "mph": null,
            "verified_at": "2026-10-04",
            "last_confirmed_at": "2026-11-01",
            "state": "ok"
        },
        {
            "id": "shumans-lake#2",
            "kind": "pwc",
            "summary": "A personal watercraft is defined by its internal-combustion engine, so PWCs can't be used where those engines are banned.",
            "conditions": null,
            "locator": "58 Pa. Code §109.3(a)(1)",
            "citation": "58 Pa. Code §109.3(a)(1)",
            "source_url": "https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter109/s109.3.html",
            "quote": "(1) Uses an internal combustion motor powering a water jet pump as its primary source of motive propulsion.",
            "statewide_rule_applied": true,
            "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."
}