The lake was created by the eponymous Abbot Augustus Low, who dammed the Bog River to create a hydroelectric reservoir. The first, now known as Lows Lower dam, was built in 1903, to provide electricity for the Horseshoe Forestry Company.[1] A second, now Lows Upper dam, was added in 1907 and created Lows Lake from Mud Lake, Bog River Flow, Tomar Pond, and Grass Pond.