Elton Sportsmen’s Dam

Elton Sportsmen’s Dam is a three acre impoundment on Little Paint Creek just off of Route 160 near Elton in Adams Township. Built in the 1950’s by The Elton Sportsmen’s Club, it lies on Berwind Corp., property. It survived the 1977 flood but was silted in by a wash out of the railroad bed upstream along with a small dam that breached above it on the gold course. This dam held even though it was flooded over. Now the PA Fish and Boat Commission, under a lease agreement with the Berwind Corporation, manages the Elton Sportsmen’s Dam. The Sportsmen’s club maintains the parking lot and policies the area. It is listed as a coldwater stocked trout fishery.