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Lewis and Clark Recreation Area, South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks Lewis and Clark Recreation Area is a State Recreation Area in southeastern South Dakota , near Yankton . The Recreation Area is located on the northern shore of the 31,400-acre Lewis and Clark Lake , a large Missouri River Reservoir, impounded by Gavins Point Dam .
Lewis and Clark Lake is a 31,400 acre (130 km 2) reservoir located on the border of the U.S. states of Nebraska and South Dakota on the Missouri River. The lake is approximately 25 miles (40 km) in length with over 90 miles (140 km) of shoreline and a maximum water depth of 45 feet (14 m). [ 2 ]
Gavins Point Dam is a 1.9-mile-long (3 km) embankment rolled-earth and chalk-fill dam which spans the Missouri River and impounds Lewis and Clark Lake.The dam joins Cedar County, Nebraska with Yankton County, South Dakota a distance of 811.1 river miles (1,305 km) upstream of St. Louis, Missouri, where the river joins the Mississippi River.
Yankton County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,310, making it the 9th most populous county in South Dakota. [1] Its county seat is Yankton. [2] Yankton County comprises the Yankton, SD Micropolitan Statistical Area.
The child grew up to be the famous Yankton Chief Padaniapapi, or "Struck By The Ree." [6] Today, Calumet Bluff is a Federally-protected area by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) as a part of the Lewis and Clark Lake - Gavins Point Dam Project and is located along the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail.
Lake Yankton, also called Cottonwood Lake, is an artificial lake that was originally part of the main channel of the Missouri River on the border of the U.S. States of Nebraska and South Dakota, near Yankton, South Dakota. The lake has an approximate surface area of 250 acres (100 ha) and has a maximum depth of 18 feet (5.5 m).