Carr Creek Lake
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Carr Creek Lake (formerly Carr Fork Lake), located east of Hazard, Kentucky, along Kentucky Route 15 in Knott County, is a 710-acre artificial lake created by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1976.[1] Carr Creek Lake's earth and rock fill dam is 130 feet tall and 720 feet long, and the dam is located 8.8 miles above the mouth of Carr Fork River, a tributary of the North Fork Kentucky River.[2]
The lake is the main attraction of Carr Creek State Park.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ (1992) "Lakes", in Kleber, John E.: The Kentucky Encyclopedia, Associate editors: Thomas D. Clark, Lowell H. Harrison, and James C. Klotter, Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0813117720.
- ^ Carr Creek Lake. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Retrieved on February 17, 2007.
- ^ Carr Creek State Park. Kentucky Department of Parks (2005-10-10). Retrieved on February 17, 2007.
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