Beaver Lake State Park (North Dakota) Explained

Beaver Lake State Park (North Dakota) should not be confused with Beaver Lake State Park (Arkansas).

Beaver Lake State Park
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Map:North Dakota
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Label:Beaver Lake State Park
Location:Logan County, North Dakota, United States
Nearest City:Wishek, North Dakota
Coords:46.4028°N -99.6197°W
Area:273.16acres
Elevation:1962feet
Established:1932
Free Label:Named for
Designation:North Dakota state park
Administrator:North Dakota Parks and Recreation Department
Visitation Num:average 18,497
Visitation Year:2009-2011

Beaver Lake State Park is a public recreation area located in Logan County, North Dakota, about equidistant from Napoleon and Wishek. The state park occupies of land on the western shore of 968acres Beaver Lake and offers hiking, boating, swimming, fishing, cabins, and campground.

History

The park began through the encouragement of local residents who met in 1929 at Shepard’s Pavilion, which is located just south of the eventual park boundary, to promote creation of a state park honoring the early settlers who lived on the shores of Beaver Lake. Dedication ceremonies took place in July 1932. In 1933, the lake's water level was raised with the damming of Beaver Creek. Laborers with the Works Progress Administration worked in the park in 1935 and 1936, creating roads, paths, an earthen dock, and picnic area. Their work is memorialized with a stone monument in the park.

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