Quanah Parker Lake is a reservoir located in

Comanche County, Oklahoma Comanche County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 124,098, making it the fourth-most populous county in Oklahoma. Its county seat is Lawton. The county was created in 1901 as part of ...

, and is part of the

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, located in southwestern Oklahoma near Lawton, has protected unique wildlife habitats since 1901 and is the oldest managed wildlife facility in the United States Fish and Wildlife Service system. The refuge's l ...

. It was built on Quanah Creek during the 1930s as a Federal Work Project during the Great Depression, and is named for the last chief of the Quahadi Comanche tribe./WM55G0_Quanah_Parker_Dam
Waymarking. Accessed January 25, 2020. It is from

Lawton, Oklahoma Lawton is a city in and the county seat of Comanche County, in the U.S. state of Oklahoma Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Ce ...

."Quanah Parker Lake Fishing." ''Hook & Bullet''. Undated.
Accessed January 26, 2020. The lake has a surface of and of shoreline. Its normal elevation is and capacity is reportedly .Oklahoma Water Resources Board and U. S. Department of the Interior. 1936.
Accessed January 26, 2020.

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Reservoirs in Oklahoma Bodies of water of Comanche County, Oklahoma 1930s establishments in Oklahoma {{Oklahoma-geo-stub

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