Carr Creek Lake

Carr Creek Lake

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location = Knott County, Kentucky
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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 convert|710|acre|km2|0 artificial lake created by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1976.cite book |editor=Kleber, John E. |others=Associate editors: Thomas D. Clark, Lowell H. Harrison, and James C. Klotter |title="The Kentucky Encyclopedia" |year=1992 |publisher=The University Press of Kentucky |location=Lexington, Kentucky |isbn=0813117720 |chapter=Lakes] Carr Creek Lake's earth and rock fill dam is 130 ft (40 m) tall and 720 ft (219 m) long, and the dam is located 8.8 mi (14 km) above the mouth of Carr Fork River, a tributary of the North Fork Kentucky River. [cite web |url=http://www.lrl.usace.army.mil/cfl/ |title=Carr Creek Lake |publisher=U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |accessdate=2007-02-17]

The lake is the main attraction of Carr Creek State Park. [cite web |url=http://parks.ky.gov/stateparks/ck/ |title=Carr Creek State Park |publisher=Kentucky Department of Parks |date=2005-10-10 |accessdate=2007-02-17]

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External links

* [http://www.recreation.gov/detail.cfm?ID=358 Recreation.gov - Carr Creek Lake]


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