Fishtrap Lake

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lake_name = Fishtrap Lake
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location = Pike County, Kentucky
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type = reservoir
inflow = Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River
outflow = Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River
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Fishtrap Lake is a convert|1130|acre|km2|0|sing=on 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.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]

The lake is the primary attraction of Fishtrap Lake State Park. [cite web |url=http://www.kystateparks.ky.gov/stateparks/ft/index.htm |title=Fishtrap Lake State Park |publisher=Kentucky Department of Parks |date=2005-10-10 |accessdate=2007-02-17]

References

External links

* [http://www.kystateparks.ky.gov/stateparks/ft/index.htm Fishtrap Lake - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers]