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| Walter F. George Lake | |
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 Walter F. George Lock and Dam | |
  Walter F. George Lake  Walter F. George Lake | |
| Location | Alabama–Georgia state line, United States |
| Coordinates | 31°48′N85°8′W / 31.800°N 85.133°W /31.800; -85.133 |
| Primary inflows | Chattahoochee River |
| Primary outflows | Chattahoochee River |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Surface area | 45,181 acres (182.8 km2) |
| Average depth | 15–18 feet (4.6–5.5 m) |
| Max. depth | 100 ft (30 m) |
| Shore length1 | 640 mi (1,030 km) |
| Surface elevation | 190 ft (58 m) |
| Islands | Gopher Island, Rabbit Island |
| Settlements | Eufaula, Alabama Georgetown, Georgia Fort Gaines, Georgia |
| 1 Shore length isnot a well-defined measure. | |
TheWalter F. George Lake, named forWalter F. George (1878–1957), aUnited States senator from Georgia, is formed on theChattahoochee River along the state line betweenAlabama andGeorgia. It is also widely known by the name,Lake Eufaula – particularly in Alabama, where the state legislature passed a resolution on June 25, 1963, to give the lake that name.[1] The 46,000 acres (190 km2) lake extends north about 85 miles (140 km) from theWalter F. George Lock and Dam (31°37′10″N85°4′15″W / 31.61944°N 85.07083°W /31.61944; -85.07083 (Walter F. George Lock and Dam)) and has approximately 640 miles (1,030 km) of shoreline. Popular activities along the lake includecamping and trophyfishing.
The lake is primarily controlled by theUnited States Army Corps of Engineers. The states control several other protected lands along the lake, including theEufaula National Wildlife Refuge andLakepoint State Park in Alabama, andFlorence Marina andGeorge T. Bagby state parks in Georgia.
The flooding of the land in the area covered numerous historic and prehistoric sites associated withNative American culture. Indigenous peoples had lived along the river for thousands of years. The unincorporated area ofOketeyeconne, Georgia, which historically had a majority of Native American residents, was evacuated in the 1950s to allow creation of the lake.
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