Ford Park is a facility operated by the City of

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, the seat of

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in northwestern

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. The park is located in north Shreveport at 5784 South Lakeshore Drive near the municipal pier and boat launch. Lo Walker, the mayor of

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, married his wife, Adele, at Ford Park in 1962.

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