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The Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge protects the lower course of the Bill Williams River, to its mouth at Lake Havasu reservoir, in western Arizona. [2] It is located within eastern La Paz and Mohave Counties, in the Lower Colorado River Valley region. The federal wildlife refuge is managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife ...
Lake Havasu State Park is a state park located on Lake Havasu in Mohave County, Arizona, US. The park provides outdoor recreation opportunities such as camping, boating, and fishing. The Arroyo-Camino Interpretive Garden displays local desert flora. Windsor Beach includes picnic tables and grills.
An Arizona state park is an area of land in the U.S. state of Arizona preserved by the state for its natural, cultural, or recreational resources. The state park system in Arizona includes both state parks and state historic parks, as well as other designations such as natural areas and recreation areas.
Lake Havasu (/ ˈ h ɑː v ə s uː /) is a large reservoir formed by Parker Dam on the Colorado River, on the border between San Bernardino County, California, and Mohave County, Arizona. Lake Havasu City sits on the Arizonan side of the lake with its Californian counterpart of Havasu Lake directly across the lake.
Havasu National Wildlife Refuge is a U.S. National Wildlife Refuge on the lower Colorado River in Arizona and California. It preserves habitat for desert bighorn sheep , the endangered southwestern willow flycatcher , and other animals.
Havasu Wilderness is a 17,801-acre (72 km 2) wilderness area located within the Havasu National Wildlife Refuge near Lake Havasu in the U.S. states of Arizona and California. 14,606 acres (59 km 2 ) are located in Arizona and 3,195 acres (13 km 2 ) are located in California.
The community first started during World War II as Site Six, an Army Air Corps rest camp on the shores of Lake Havasu.In 1958, American businessman Robert P. McCulloch purchased 3,353 acres (13.57 km 2) of property on the east side of the lake along Pittsburgh Point, a peninsula that would eventually be transformed into an island.
The old mining camp of Swansea (now a ghost town) lies in the Buckskin Mountains about 3.7 miles (6.0 km) south of the river. [7] The two tributaries that form the Bill Williams are the Big Sandy River and the Santa Maria River. [1] Alamo Lake, a flood control reservoir, lies just west of the confluence of the two tributaries. [6]