The Walter F. George Lake, named for

Walter F. George Walter Franklin George (January 29, 1878 – August 4, 1957) was an American politician from the state of Georgia. He was a longtime Democratic United States Senator from 1922 to 1957 and was President pro tempore of the United States Sena ...

(1878–1957), a

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from Georgia, is formed on the

Chattahoochee River The Chattahoochee River forms the southern half of the Alabama and Georgia border, as well as a portion of the Florida - Georgia border. It is a tributary of the Apalachicola River, a relatively short river formed by the confluence of the Chatt ...

along the state line between

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and

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. It is also widely known by the name, Lake Eufaula – particularly in Alabama, where the state legislature passed a resolution on June 25, 1963, to give the lake that name.Fred Brown, et al., ''The Riverkeeper's Guide to the Chattahoochee River: From Its Origin at Chattahoochee Gap to Apalachicola Bay'' (University of Georgia Press, 1997) The 46,000-acre lake extends north about from the Walter F. George Lock and Dam () and has approximately of shoreline. Popular activities along the lake include

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and trophy

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. The lake is primarily controlled by the

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. The states control several other protected lands along the lake, including the

Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge is an 11,184 acre (45.26 km2) National Wildlife Refuge located in Barbour and Russell counties in Alabama and Stewart and Quitman counties in Georgia. Eufaula NWR is located on the Walter F. George Lake (a ...

and

Lakepoint State Park Lakepoint State Park is a public recreation area located on the far north side of the city of Eufaula. The state park encompasses on the western shore of Lake Eufala (Walter F. George Lake), a impoundment of the Chattahoochee River. The park ...

in Alabama, and Florence Marina and George T. Bagby state parks in Georgia. Walter F

The flooding of the land in the area covered numerous historic and prehistoric sites associated with Native American culture. Indigenous peoples had lived along the river for thousands of years. The unincorporated area of Oketeyeconne, Georgia, which historically had a majority of Native American residents, was evacuated in the 1950s to allow creation of the lake.

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