| Just south of Elk State Park, the Belgian Count De Hamm founded a settlement of glass blowers. The settlers could not survive on just glass making & soon B.F. Hazelton built a large sawmill in the town & the town was renamed Glen Hazel. The logging town thrived while the timber lasted, but now is mostly summer cottages & hunting camps.
Chartered in 1887, the Johnsonburg & Clermont Railroad linked the towns & mills of the area to haul the timber to the market. When the timber was exhausted, the railroad, sawmills & towns like Glen Hazel, slowly disappeared.
In 1961, the state legislature authorized the development of Elk State Park. Initial development, completed in 1963, included road improvement, parking lots, restroom, H2O well, launching ramp & access dock at the Instanter Launch Area. |
Campground: Elk State Park in Johnsonburg Pennsylvania *