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In 1999, approximately 4.75 million visitors added more than $152.4 million to the local economy. Of the 383 lakes controlled or maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Lake Cumberland ranks 4th in the nation for the number of visitor hours. Over 1,500 houseboats float on Lake Cumberland and numerous power boats play in its waters.
Lake Cumberland is a reservoir encompassing Kentucky counties like Clinton, Russell, Wayne, and more, according to Kentucky State Parks. It spans more than 60,000 acres of water with over 1,200 ...
The Wolf Creek Dam is a multi-purpose dam on the Cumberland River in the western part of Russell County, Kentucky, United States.The dam serves at once four distinct purposes: it generates hydroelectricity; it regulates and limits flooding; it releases stored water to permit year-round navigation on the Cumberland River; and it creates Lake Cumberland for recreation, the largest man-made lake ...
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Top weather news for Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025: The Northeast is grappling with a messy Thursday morning commute as the first in a pair of winter storms coats the region in snow, … 1 2
Tributaries of the Big South Fork, Army Corps of Engineers, 1977 The river draws water from a drainage basin of Carboniferous rock in the Cumberland Plateau. [6]: 21 Taken together, the Big South Fork and its tributaries drain between 1,123 square miles (2,910 km 2) [7]: 39 and 1,382 square miles (3,580 km 2), [6]: 28 of which about 17% is covered by the associated National Recreation Area.
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The dam impounds the Cumberland River near Grand Rivers, Kentucky, approximately 38 miles (61 km) upstream from where the Cumberland empties into the Ohio River. One mile (1.6 km) above the dam is a canal connecting Lake Barkley with Kentucky Lake , forming one of the greatest freshwater recreational complexes in the country.