Lake Geneva to swim at some beaches of the lake; indeed, visibility under water was near zero. By the 1980s, intense environmental pollution (eutrophication) had almost wiped out all the fish. Today, pollution levels have been dramatically cut back, and it is again considered safe to swim in the lake. Major leisure activities practiced include sailing, wind surfing, boating (including water skiing and wakeboarding), rowing, scuba diving and bathing. On a scientific footnote, in 1827, Lake Geneva was the site for the first measurement of the speed of sound in (fresh) water. French mathematician Jacques Charles François Sturm and Swiss Physicist Daniel
Geneva Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio Geneva Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio Geneva Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2010 census found 11,098 people in the township. Located in the northwestern corner of the county along Lake Erie, it borders the following townships: The Canadian province of Ontario lies across Lake Erie to the north. Two municipalities are located in Geneva Township: most of the city of Geneva in the south, and the village of Geneva-on-the-Lake in the north, on the shoreline of Lake Erie. Named for the city of Geneva, New York, it is the only Geneva Township