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Activities at Lake
Eufaula include boating, fishing, swimming, hiking, hunting, golfing and horseback riding. Picnic areas are scattered throughout the area. Facilities include marinas, boat ramps, swim beaches, tent and RV campsites, cabins, group shelters, restrooms, showers and an enclosed fishing
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Standing Rock is now covered by the waters of Lake
Eufaula. The historic landmark stood in the middle of the Canadian river about two miles (3.2 km) below the junction of the North and South Canadians. When the lake is at its top level, 585 feet (178 m), the top of the huge upright rock is
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Eufaula Dam is east of the city of
Eufaula, Oklahoma. It is 3,200 feet (975 m) long and 114 feet (35 m) high. It is constructed with an earthen embankment and concrete. The associated hydroelectric power plant has three turbines, each rated at 30 megawatts, for a total installed capacity
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Oklahoma created two state parks, Arrowhead and
Fountainhead, to provide recreational activities and camping facilities at the lake. The tag line in their early advertising was, "Follow the fun to Eufaula." The state borrowed $ 8 million from the Federal government to build a lodge at each park.
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in 2005, amid plans to reopen it as a gaming facility. Those plans never materialized, and the lodge was torn down. However, a 48-acre tract of the land was placed into federal trust status in 2018, opening the way for development of the property as a tourist destination with
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Heavy rains in the spring of 2015 caused Lake
Eufaula to rise so rapidly that the Corps of Engineers opened the flood gates and released water at rates as high as 48,000 cubic feet (1,400 m) per second. This was the highest rate since 1990.
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Congress approved construction of the dam and lake in 1946 to provide flood control, hydroelectric power, water supply, navigation and recreation. The U. S. Army Corps of
Engineers began construction of the 975 meter-long (3,199 feet)
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A well-known tournament lake, Lake
Eufaula draws anglers from across the United States to test their skills at catching largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, Kentucky bass, crappie, catfish, sandbass, stripers (below the dam), and other species.
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However, the lodges did not provide enough money to repay the loan, so ownership reverted to the
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and Fountainhead Lodge to a group of private investors. Arrowhead switched hands again in 2000, when a non-profit group with ties to the
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and construction began in 1956. In February 1964, the river was closed and the generators went operational in September 1964.
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1036:Bodies of water of McIntosh County, Oklahoma
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682:Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture
560:of 90 megawatts The dam was approved by the
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947:Evergreen Marina website accessed 1-31-2020
878:. Curtis Killman, Tulsa World, May 14, 2018
827:"Arrowhead Area at Lake Eufaula State Park"
496:465,000 cu ft/s (13,167 m/s)
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44:Aerial view of Lake and Dam
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