Grenada Lake
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| Coordinates | 33 ° 49 ′ 57 ″ N , 89 ° 44 ′ 16 ″ W | ||||||||
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| Construction time: | 1954 | ||||||||
| Crown length: | 4th 240 m | ||||||||
| Operator: | US Army Corps of Engineers | ||||||||
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| Altitude (at congestion destination ) | 54 m | ||||||||
| Water surface | 39.6 km² | ||||||||
| Reservoir length | 22.5 km | ||||||||
| Reservoir width | 7.6 km | ||||||||
| Catchment area | 3 419 km² | ||||||||
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The Grenada Lake is a reservoir on the Yalobusha River in the northern US state of Mississippi .
It is one of four reservoirs built by the US Army Corps of Engineers to regulate the water level in the Yazoo River basin . The dam is located about 5 km northeast of the city of Grenada , the capital of the county of the same name .
In 1954, construction work on the dam began. It is part of the Mississippi River Basin Flood Control Project , which arose from the experience of the 1927 flood.
On the shores of Grenada Lake are two state parks , Carver Point State Park and Hugh White State Park .