- City:
- Mena, AR
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Lakes and Ponds
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
- Started:
- 1936
- Completed:
- 1940
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Shady Lake is a popular 25-acre recreational impoundment in the Ouachita National Forest served by an accompanying U.S. Forest Service recreation area. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was involved in construction of a bathhouse (1936), dam and picnic pavilion (1938), and a caretakers house (1940).
Source notes
https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/ouachita/recarea/?recid=10789 The Civilian Conservation Corps in Arkansas, 1933-1942 By Sandra Taylor SmithSite originally submitted by Andrew Laverdiere on July 11, 2017.
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