Lake Amon G. Carter

General data

Name: Lake Amon G. Carter
Water system: Mississippi River
Water type: Artificial lake
Progression: Big Sandy Creek (Red River tributary) -> Red River (Mississippi River tributary) -> Mississippi River -> Gulf of Mexico -> Atlantic Ocean -> Planet Earth
Climates: Subtropical, Temperate
Continents: North America
Countries: United States of America

Lake Amon G. Carter is situated 6 miles south of Bowie in Montague county, Texas, and is situated on Big Sandy Creek. Lake Amon G. Carter is technically two lakes in one. The original lake was built in 1956 and has a different type of habitat than the 500-acre extension constructed in 1985. In the thirty-year gap between the original lake and the expansion there became a habitat in the original lake that does not exist in the new expansion.

The dam first started construction in 1955 and was named the Amon G. Carter lake because of the Fort Worth, philanthropist and businessman by the same name. This initial dam and lake were made to control the flow of water and stop flood output along the Big Sandy Creek. The dam was completed in August 1956. Only about 30 years later was there another impoundment to expand the lake. The lakes are connected by a twenty-foot tunnel.

Lake Amon G. Carter

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