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Grenada Lake is a
reservoir on the
Yalobusha River in the
U.S. state of
Mississippi. It is one of four flood control lakes in North
Mississippi constructed by the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Grenada Lake was constructed to help control flooding along the Yazoo River Basin. The dam is located on the Yalobusha River approximately 3 miles (5 km) northeast of
Grenada, Mississippi. The operation of Grenada Lake began in 1954 after a cost of $32 million dollars to construct. The elevation of the top of the earthen-filled dam is
NGVD. The Grenada Project encompasses with of this in water during the recreation season (215 NGVD). At this elevation the lake has approximately of shoreline. Flood control is the primary purpose of the Grenada Lake Project. The Mississippi River Basin Flood Control Project was the direct result of the Great Flood of 1927. The levees which were the only protection against flooding at the time, broke along the
Mississippi and
Arkansas Rivers, literally swamping thousands of acres of land in
Mississippi,
Louisiana, and
Arkansas. Even though the Corps of Engineers main objective is flood control, Federal Legislation calls for other activities on Corps of Engineers Lands. Since its impoundment, Grenada Lake has attracted an ever-increasing number of visitors who enjoy water-based and other outdoor recreational activities and is host to several fishing tournements annually as well. Grenada Lake is the home to two State Parks, Carver's Point and Hugh White, with many campgrounds located around the lake. It also is home to the Dogwoods Golf Course which has been hailed as one of the best golf courses in the southeast, and possibly the entire United States.
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