Beaver Lake (Arkansas)

Beaver Lake is a man-made reservoir in the Ozark Mountains of Northwest Arkansas. It is formed by a dam across the White River. 

Beaver Lake has some  of natural shoreline. It has towering limestone bluffs, natural caves, and a wide variety of trees and flowering shrubs. The thick forests come right to the water's edge.Robert Stephens, 'County Shoreline Miles, Beaver Lake, Arkansas',Boating Life, Vol. 6, No. 7 (Fall 2002), p. 70 It is a popular tourist destination. Beaver Lake is the source of drinking water in Northwest Arkansas. It is managed, treated and sold by Beaver Water District. The Beaver Lake dam was completed in 1966 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers who continue to manage it.Ron W. Marr, Explorer's Guide Ozarks: Includes Branson, Springfield & Northwest Arkansas (Woodstock, VT: Countryman Press; New York, NY: W.W. Norton, 2012), p. 327 Beaver lake is the first of four reservoirs that control the White river between its headwaters in the Boston Mountains and where it enters the Mississippi River. The other three are Table Rock Lake, Lake Taneycomo and Bull Shoals Lake.

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Category:Geography of Arkansas
Category:Ozarks
Category:1966 establishments in the United States
Category:Lakes of the United States
Category:20th-century establishments in Arkansas