Crystal Lake
Clear glacial water
Crystal Lake is a common place name for bodies of water across North America—the clear, pristine quality the name suggests made it a popular choice for naming lakes, and by extension, the towns beside them.
The name gained cultural weight from the *Friday the 13th* horror franchise, where Camp Crystal Lake is the stalking ground of killer Jason Voorhees.
References to Crystal Lake often evoke summer camps, teen horror, and hockey masks.
- Friday the 13thDate considered ill-omened
- clear waterUncontaminated, transparent liquid
- glass surfaceFlat transparent material face
- hockey maskProtective face covering for goalkeepers
- boatingWatercraft recreation
Jason Voorhees · county · Algonquin · freshwater · hockey · machete · slasher film · slasher movie · clarity · horror genre · serenity · New Jersey · purity · cult classic · reflection · stillness · fishing · lakeside cabin
- Pompano NeighborhoodsAvondale
- Polk CountyLakeland, Mulberry, Dundee, Davenport, Kathleen
- lakesGreat Lakes, Superior, Erie, Michigan, Ontario
- IllinoisChicago, Springfield, Land of Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln, downstate
- MichiganDetroit, Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, Lansing, Kalamazoo
- Michigan WatersDetroit River, Jordan River
Crystal Lakestagnant pool
Unmoving body of water
brackish water · polluted river · mudhole · mire · bog
Crystal Lakesafe haven
Protected place of shelter
sanctuary · paradise · Neverland · Eden · peaceful retreat