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A swamp borders the lake at the north end of the cove. The public has limited access to the shores of this lake. The only public access is at Sample Park, along US 27. This park has a picnic area and a public boat ramp. [3] There are no public swimming areas at Lake Hamilton. Lake Hamilton is part of the north system of the Winter Haven Chain ...
Lake Catherine is the smaller of the two lakes, sized at 1,940-acre (790 ha). The Lake Catherine State Park is located on the lake's shore. The lake was created in the 1920's with the building of Remmel Dam, a concrete-and-steel Ambursen-type buttressed dam. Remmel Dam was created to provide hydroelectricity, but the lake later developed into a ...
The approximate coordinates for the Town of Lake Hamilton is located in Central Florida at According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 3.9 square miles (10 km 2 ), of which 3.0 square miles (7.8 km 2 ) is land and 0.9 square miles (2.3 km 2 ) (22.51%) is water.
At one point on the north shore the Winter Haven city limits touches the lake's shore. This lake has an 103-acre (420,000 m 2) surface area. Middle Lake Hamilton is between two other lakes with Hamilton in their names, Lake Hamilton (Florida) and Little Lake Hamilton. Ironically, Middle Lake Hamilton is considerably smaller than Little Lake ...
Cherry Lake is the 4th largest lake and has rural development on its north shore. It approaches 18 feet (5.5 m) in depth averaging 10 feet (3.0 m). [16] Hunt and Stewart Lake are like Cherry Lake with rural development on their north side and swampland on their south side. There is a water level control dam between Hunt and Cherry Lakes.
Hamilton County is a county located in the north central portion of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census , the population was 14,004, down from 14,799 at the 2010 census . [ 1 ] Its county seat is Jasper .
He selected sites for two Arkansas Power & Light (now Entergy Arkansas, a subsidiary of Entergy) dams on the upper Ouachita River: Remmel Dam, which created Lake Catherine, and Carpenter Dam [2]), which created Lake Hamilton in 1931. Carpenter Dam was named for him. [3]
It is a two-story buff brick structure, built with Mediterranean styling. It was built in 1931, at about the same time that Carpenter Dam was under construction, impounding Lake Hamilton on whose shores it stands. It was built by Van Lyell, owner of the Hot Springs Coca-Cola franchise. [2]