[2] Originally a summer colony, the lake community was established by a group of Jewish New York City firefighters, known as the Ner Tamid Society, in 1951.

Only a year prior, the group had set up the organization (Lake Tormid Inc.) that would complete the endeavor.

[7] By the 1970s Lake Waubeeka started to become a year-round residential community, one that was no longer historically Jewish.

[9] The primary inflow into Waubeeka Lake originates from West Redding Brook, from which a small stream meets the eastern dam at Carol Street.

This diversion has created problems for neighboring Miry Brook, specifically related to flooding at the Danbury Airport.