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Mark Twain Lake is a reservoir located in Ralls and Monroe Counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. It was created by the Clarence Cannon Dam (formerly called Joanna Dam ) impounding the Salt River and is located about 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Hannibal .
Since Clarence Cannon Dam construction was completed in 1983, the first 15 miles of the Salt River after the confluence of the North, Middle, and South Fork have been contained in Mark Twain Lake. Below the dam, the river winds generally east for 63 miles through a rural valley surrounded by low bluffs.
Bull Shoals Lake (extending north from Arkansas), United States Army Corps of Engineers; Clarence Cannon Dam, Mark Twain Lake, USACE; Clearwater Dam, Clearwater Lake, USACE; Fellows Lake Dam, Fellows Lake, City of Springfield, Missouri; Lock and Dam No. 20, Mississippi River, USACE; Lock and Dam No. 21, Mississippi River, USACE
Center is located on Missouri Route 19 approximately six miles east of the Clarence Cannon Dam on the Salt River and Mark Twain Lake. New London lies approximately eight miles to the northeast. [7] The stream, Jug Run, flows past just south of the city. [8]
Mark Twain State Park is a public recreation area encompassing 2,788 acres (1,128 ha) on Mark Twain Lake in Monroe County, Missouri. The state park offers water recreation, hiking trails, and campgrounds. [4] It is adjacent to the Mark Twain Birthplace State Historic Site.
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The Clarence Cannon Dam, in Ralls County, Missouri, creating Mark Twain Lake, is named in his honor due to his involvement in securing funding for the dam's construction. For several years the airport in Kirksville, Missouri was known as Clarence Cannon Memorial Airport. However, in the 1980s the name was changed to Kirksville Regional Airport.
Long Island Division, near Quincy, Illinois, was part of the original Mark Twain Refuge when it was established in 1958 under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act.. The division is General Plan Land owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under a cooperative agreement signed in 1963.