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North of Enterprise, SH-71 parallels Brooken Creek until it drains into Lake Eufaula. [2] The highway serves the boat docks and campgrounds on the east side of the lake, which is the largest entirely within Oklahoma. [5] SH-71 then runs across the dam impounding the lake, bringing it into McIntosh County.
The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers began construction of the 975 meter-long (3,199 feet) Eufaula Dam wall in 1956 and was completed in 1964. President Lyndon B. Johnson came to Oklahoma to dedicate the dam on September 25, 1964. The dam holds back a lake area of over 412 square kilometres (159 sq mi).
The former Arrowhead State Park, now known as the Arrowhead Area at Lake Eufaula State Park [3] is a 2,200-acre (8.9 km 2) Oklahoma state park area located in northern Pittsburg County, Oklahoma on a peninsula of Eufaula Lake. It is located near the city of Canadian, Oklahoma. Eufaula is one of the largest man-made lakes in the southwest.
Eufaula Dam is a dam across the Canadian River in Oklahoma. Completed in 1964, it impounds Eufaula Lake , one of the world's largest man-made lakes, covering 102,500 acres (41,500 hectares). The dam serves to provide flood control , water supply, navigation and hydroelectric power generation .
Lake Eufaula State Park is a 2,853-acre (11.55 km 2) Oklahoma state park located in McIntosh County, Oklahoma on Lake Eufaula. It is 14 miles (23 km) southwest of Checotah. The park was formerly known as Fountainhead State Park. Fountainhead, together with the neighboring Arrowhead State Park, were created in 1965.
The following is a list of lakes in Oklahoma located entirely (or partially, as in the case of Lake Texoma) in the state. Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all. Oklahoma has more than 200 lakes created by dams. All lakes listed are man-made. Oklahoma's only natural lakes are oxbow and playa lakes ...
Eufaula is a city in and the county seat of McIntosh County, Oklahoma, United States. [5] The population was 2,813 at the 2010 census, an increase of 6.6 percent from 2,639 in 2000. [ 6 ] Eufaula is in the southern part of the county, 30 miles (48 km) north of McAlester and 32 miles (51 km) south of Muskogee .
Highway 9 leads east 8 miles (13 km) to Whitefield and west 14 miles (23 km) to Eufaula, while Highway 71 leads northeast across Eufaula Dam 14 miles (23 km) to Porum and south 8 miles (13 km) to Quinton. Enterprise is in the valley of Brooken Creek, which flows north to the Canadian River just upstream of Eufaula Dam.