What is Beaver Lake (Arkansas)?
[[Image:Beaver Lake with changing leaves.jpg|right|250px]] '''Beaver Lake''' is a man-made [[reservoir]] in the [[Ozark Mountains]] of [[Northwest]] [[Arkansas]]. It is formed by a [[dam]] across the [[White River (Arkansas)|White River]]. Beaver Lake has some {{convert|487|mi|km|0}} of natural [[shore|shoreline]]. It has towering [[limestone]] [[Cliff|bluffs]], natural [[cave]]s, and a wide variety of [[tree]]s and [[flower]]ing [[shrub]]s. The thick forests come right to the water's edge.<ref name=Stephens>Robert Stephens, 'County Shoreline Miles, Beaver Lake, Arkansas',''Boating Life'', Vol. 6, No. 7 (Fall 2002), p. 70</ref> It is a popular [[tourist]] destination.<ref name=Stephens/> Beaver Lake is the source of [[drinking water]] in Northwest Arkansas. It is [[Management|managed]], [[Water treatment|treated]] and [[Sales|sold]] by [[Beaver Water District]]. The Beaver Lake dam was completed in 1966 by the [[United States Army Corps of Engineers]] who continue to manage it.<ref>Ron W. Marr, ''Explorer's Guide Ozarks: Includes Branson, Springfield & Northwest Arkansas'' (Woodstock, VT: Countryman Press; New York, NY: W.W. Norton, 2012), p. 327</ref> Beaver lake is the first of four reservoirs that control the White river between its headwaters in the [[Boston Mountains]] and where it enters the [[Mississippi River]]. The other three are [[Table Rock Lake]], [[Lake Taneycomo]] and [[Bull Shoals Lake]]. == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Geography of Arkansas]] [[Category:Ozarks]] [[Category:1966 establishments in the United States]] [[Category:Lakes of the United States]] [[Category:20th-century establishments in Arkansas]]