Carter Lake (lake)

Carter Lake (lake)

Infobox lake
lake_name = Carter Lake
image_lake = Carter Lake, IA.jpg
caption_lake = Carter Lake, as viewed from Nebraska
image_bathymetry =
caption_bathymetry =
location = Nebraska and Iowa
coords = coord|41|18|6.8|N|95|54|53.7|W|type:waterbody_region:US|display=inline,title
type = oxbow lake
inflow =
outflow =
catchment =
basin_countries = United States
length =
width =
area =
depth = convert|6|ft|m|0|lk=on|abbr=on
max-depth = convert|11|ft|m|0|abbr=on
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elevation = convert|977|ft|m|0|abbr=on
islands =
cities = Carter Lake, Iowa
Omaha, Nebraska

Carter Lake is a shallow oxbow lake in Nebraska and Iowa, located next to Omaha and Carter Lake. Soon after its formation the lake was called the East Omaha Lake, and then Lake Nakoma.

History

Carter Lake is a former channel of the Missouri River and was formed in the summer of 1877. The city of Carter Lake, Iowa takes its name from the lake. The lake was formed from the Saratoga Bend in the Missouri River.

The Saratoga Bend was the impetus for the creation of the town of Saratoga, Nebraska Territory, a short mile from the river. However, the Bend was cut-off from the river after a flood in 1877.

The Carter Lake and Levi Carter Park at 3100 Abbott Drive were named after one of Omaha's original industrialists named Levi Carter, who ran a white lead smelter in the area.

ee also

*East Omaha, Nebraska
*Carter Lake, Iowa
*Saratoga, Nebraska Territory
*History of North Omaha, Nebraska

External links

* [http://www.carterlake.org/history/ History of Carter Lake with pictures and maps]
* [http://www.cityofcarterlake.com/history_forming.html History of the formation of Carter Lake]
* [http://www.omahapubliclibrary.org/earlyomaha/photogallery11.html Historical photo of canoeing and of the Omaha Rod & Gun Club Cabins at Lake Nakoma (Carter Lake)]
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