sentences:  In the 1960s, construction began to create Lake Nockamixon along the Tohickon Creek near PA 563 in northern Bucks County.The Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters, Maurice K. Goddard, proposed the lake as part of a goal for every Pennsylvania resident to be within of a state park.Lake Nockamixon was intended to fill a gap in between the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas.