A bit concerned about falling out of one of the city's paddle boats? We understand.
The good news: Sheldon Lake is by no means the area's deepest body of water. Ranging from six to nine feet deep in various spots, you're no where near the depth Carter Lake or Horsetooth Reservoir, both around 180 feet deep.
So if you're Colton Iverson, you just might be able to walk on the bottom in spots.
Sheldon Lake was created around 1874 when James Sheldon flooded part of his 500 acres to create a pond for his sheep farm. But back at the turn of the most recent millennium, it didn't feel quite so deep as the original watering hole. By 1997, lake had developed a layer of sludge at the bottom. The sludge, a mixture of soil erosion and goose droppings, was as deep as three feet in places. The city went to work planning a restoration and by 2003 the project was completed, giving us the lake we have today.
The bad news? It's still deep enough to submerge the front half of your SUV.
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