Martins Fork Lake

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Martins Fork Dam and Lake. View is to the west-northwest
Martins Fork Dam and Lake. View is to the west-northwest
Martins Fork Lake
Martins Fork Lake

Martins Fork Lake is a 340-acre artificial lake in Harlan County, Kentucky. The lake was impounded from a branch of the Cumberland River in 1979 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. It is named for James Martin, an early pioneer in the area.[1]

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  1. ^ (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. 

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