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State park in Missouri, United States
This article is about the state park in Missouri. For similarly named state park in Iowa, see
Lake Wapello State Park
.
Lake Wappapello State Park
is a public recreation area consisting of 1,854 acres (750 ha) bordering
Lake Wappapello
in
Wayne County
,
Missouri
. The
state park
features two campgrounds, trails for hikers, bikers, backpackers, and equestrians, and swimming, fishing, and boating on the lake.
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Lake Wappapello was created when, beginning in 1938, the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
dammed the
St. Francis River
for flood control purposes. The state began leasing land bordering the lake for use as a state park in 1956.
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