LAKE HELEN

My lake lies four miles southeast of DeLand. Such lakes are characteristic of the pine lands, deep, though small, irregular in shape with clean shores, they look in the bright light like blue patterns cut from the sky and dropped down among the trees. In this neighborhood are Lake Clough, named for J. B. Clough, Lake Macy for Rev. E. Macy and Lake Colby for George P. Colby. Cassadaga, the meeting place of the Southern Spiritualist Association, founded by George P. Colby and T. D. Giddings, is on Lake Colby.

Excerpt from:

The Story of DeLand and Lake Helen, Florida 

Written by, Helen Parce DeLand