Lake Shawnee (Kansas)

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Name: Lake Shawnee (Kansas)
Water system: Missouri River
Water type: Artificial lake
Progression: Deer Creek (Shunganunga Creek tributary) -> Shunganunga Creek -> Mission Creek (Kansas River tributary) -> Kansas River -> Missouri River -> Mississippi River -> Gulf of Mexico -> Atlantic Ocean -> Planet Earth
Climates: Temperate
Continents: North America
Countries: United States of America

Lake Shawnee is a man-made lake in Shawnee County in the U.S. state of Kansas, located on the southeastern side of Topeka. The lake started construction in 1935, and finished on September 3, 1939, and was a part of a Works Progress Administration project. The lake's size is approximately 1.68 km2, and has a maximum depth of 16 m. The lake is mostly used for recreational purposes, with it having a golf course, campgrounds, fishing docks, a garden, a swimming beach, a trail and more. The lake features fish such as walleyes, bluegills, crappies, trout, white bass, channel catfish, and black bass. Shawnee County Parks and Recreation restocks fish into the lake, with the latest being on January 25, 2025, with 3,500 pounds of trout being released into the lake. The lake experiences vernal algae blooms.

Lake Shawnee (Kansas)

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