Mim lake, originally known as the Anwomasu Lake, is an

Inland lake A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much larger ...

located on the outskirts of Mim in the

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in the

Ahafo Region The Ahafo Region is a newly created region in Ghana with Goaso as its capital. The region has administrative and governmental legislature like all the ten already existing regions in Ghana. The region was carved out of the south-eastern part of th ...

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

. The lake is a latent tourist site and has the potential of a lake Resort. Revellers often visit it for leisure.

Geography

Mim lake at lies off the Mim -

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road, about northwards of the Mim township. The main communities around this lake are the Mim old-airport quarters, Asukese, and Nkensere.

History

This

man-made lake A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation. Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including control ...

is an expansion of the old Anwomasu river which was created initially as a dam for industrial and domestic purposes. After decades of use, a relatively smaller dam was created near the Mim township at , a few meters away from the Ayum Forest Products Ltd. With the new

dam A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams. Reservoirs created by dams not only suppress floods but also provide water for activities such as irrigation, human consumption, industrial use ...

serving both industrial and domestic purposes, the old

with its diverse natural scenes, was turned into tourist attraction. The Lake has different species of flora and fauna. Among the fish species in the lake are the

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

cichlid ''

hemichromis frempongi ''Hemichromis frempongi'' is a species of fish in the cichlid family. It is endemic to Lake Bosumtwi in Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and ...

'', and the near-endemic cichlids ''

tilapia busumana ''Tilapia busumana'' is a species of cichlid native to Lake Bosumtwi, the Bia River Basin, the Pra River Basin and the Tano River Basin in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire. This species can reach a length of SL. It can also be found in the aquari ...

'' and '' T. discolor''.

Incidents

There have been a couple of separate incidents when two people, aged 57 and 31 years, on different occasions drowned in the lake.

References

Lakes of Ghana Ahafo Region Tourist attractions in Ghana {{lake-stub