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					Originally Posted by  Sliver
					 
				 
				Skating, cross-country skiing, tobogganing, ice fishing and hockey. Some of these are really large parks and it's nice to spend time there for no other reason than it's a pleasant place to be. They're definitely year-round facilities. 
			
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The bolded have nothing to do with a lake, and really the other ones can be done at places besides a lake (skating and hockey presumably at the outdoor rink most communities have...). In fact ice fishing is much better in the open than a community lake. So if your community doesn't have a lake, you can still do pretty much all of the things mentioned.