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Lake Wapello is a man-made lake in the U.S. state of
Iowa Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the ...
, west of the town of Drakesville. The lake is entirely contained in Lake Wapello State Park, which promotes recreational use of the lake. The lake is named for Chief Wapello of the
Meskwaki The Meskwaki (sometimes spelled Mesquaki), also known by the European exonyms Fox Indians or the Fox, are a Native American people. They have been closely linked to the Sauk people of the same language family. In the Meskwaki language, the ...
tribe.


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Iowa Department of Natural Resources park overview

Iowa DNR lake summary
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