Fishtrap Lake

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Fishtrap Lake
Location Pike County, Kentucky
Lake type reservoir
Primary inflows Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River
Primary outflows Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River
Basin countries United States
Surface area 1,130-acre (5 km²)

Fishtrap Lake is a 1,130-acre (5 km²) artificial lake in Pike County, Kentucky. Dedicated by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968, The lake was formed by the impounding of the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River by the United States Army Corps of Engineers.[1]

The lake is the primary attraction of Fishtrap Lake State Park.[2]

[edit] References

  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. 
  2. ^ Fishtrap Lake State Park. Kentucky Department of Parks (2005-10-10). Retrieved on 2007-02-17.

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