Lake Sakakawea State Park

Lake Sakakawea State Park
North Dakota State Park
Country	United States
State	North Dakota
County	Mercer

Elevation	1,890 ft (576 m) ^[1]
Coordinates	47°31′26″N 101°27′07″W / 47.52389°N 101.45194°W / 47.52389; -101.45194Coordinates: 47°31′26″N 101°27′07″W / 47.52389°N 101.45194°W / 47.52389; -101.45194 ^[1]

Area	1,293 acres (523 ha)

Founded	1965
Management	North Dakota Parks and Recreation Department

Location in North Dakota
Website: Lake Sakakawea State Park

Lake Sakakawea State Park is a North Dakota state park located on the southern shore of Lake Sakakawea, one mile north of the community of Pick City in Mercer County. The park encompasses 1,293 acres (523 ha) adjacent to Garrison Dam.^[2]

History

The park was originally developed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as Garrison Lake State Park.^[3] In 1965, the North Dakota Parks and Recreation Department assumed management of the park and renamed it Lake Sakakawea State Park in honor of the Shoshone/Hidatsa woman Sacagawea who accompanied the Lewis and Clark Expedition up the Missouri River from Fort Mandan in April 1805. The lake was not named Sacagawea State Park because the Native Americans in North Dakota prefer Sakakawea as that is believed to be her real name. Because of this in North Dakota anything related to Sacagawea is given the non-offensive term Sakakawea.

Activities and amenities

The park offers swimming, fishing and boating. Lake access is available at two large boat ramps and a full-service marina. For overnight stays, there are two camping cabins and 249 campsites, both primitive and modern.

The park offers several miles of hiking trails and is the western terminus of the 4,600-mile (7,400 km) North Country National Scenic Trail which, when completed, will cross the northern tier of the continental United States from its eastern terminus at Crown Point in upstate New York.

References

1 2 "Lake Sakakawea State Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
↑ "Lake Sakakawea State Park". North Dakota Parks and Recreation Department. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
↑ "Lake Sakakawea State Park: History". North Dakota Parks and Recreation Department. Retrieved October 1, 2012.

External links

Lake Sakakawea State Park North Dakota Parks and Recreation Department

Protected areas of North Dakota

National Parks	Theodore Roosevelt

National Historic Sites	Fort Union Trading Post Knife River Indian Villages

National Wildlife Refuges	Appert Lake Ardoch Arrowwood Audubon Bone Hill Creek Brumba Buffalo Lake Camp Lake Canfield Lake Chase Lake Cottonwood Lake Dakota Lake Des Lacs Florence Lake Halfway Lake Hiddenwood Hobart Lake Hutchinson Lake J. Clark Salyer Johnson Lake Kellys Slough Lake Alice Lake George Lake Ilo Lake Nettie Lake Otis Lake Patricia Lake Zahl Lambs Lake Little Goose Long Lake Lords Lake Lost Lake Maple River McLean Pleasant Lake Pretty Rock Rabb Lake Rock Lake Rose Lake School Section Lake Shell Lake Sheyenne Lake Sibley Lake Silver Lake Slade Snyder Lake Springwater Stewart Lake Stoney Slough Storm Lake Stump Lake Sullys Hill National Game Preserve Sunburst Lake Tewaukon Tomahawk Upper Souris White Lake Wild Rice Willow Lake Wintering River Wood Lake

National Grasslands	Cedar River Dakota Prairie Little Missouri Sheyenne

U.S. Wilderness Areas	Chase Lake Lostwood Theodore Roosevelt

Other Federal	International Peace Garden North Country National Scenic Trail

State	Parks Beaver Lake Cross Ranch Fort Abraham Fort Ransom Fort Stevenson Grahams Island Icelandic Lake Metigoshe Lake Sakakawea Lewis and Clark Little Missouri Sully Creek Turtle River Recreation areas Butte Saint Paul Crow Flies High Black Tiger Bay Doyle Memorial Indian Hills Little Metigoshe Pelican Point Pembina Gorge

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