
A 44,000-acre Army Corps of Engineers reservoir on the St. Francis River, created in 1938 for flood control; most of it lies in Wayne County. The Corps runs close to a dozen named recreation areas around the lake — Greenville, Chaonia (Choania Landing), Peoples Creek, Redman Creek, Snow Creek, Spillway, Eagle Point, Rockwood Point, and Sundowner among them — with boat ramps, campgrounds, and day-use areas.
mvs.usace.army.mil — Wappapello Lake →recreation.gov →mdc.mo.gov — Greenville Recreation Area →mdc.mo.gov — Choania Landing Recreation Area →mdc.mo.gov — Spillway Recreation Area stairways →mdc.mo.gov — Spillway Recreation Area fish cleaning station →Google Maps →
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