• Beaver Lake is about 70 miles long from the headwaters near Goshen to Beaver Dam near Eureka Springs. It is the drinking water source for about 500,000 people in Northwest Arkansas and beyond.

A fascinating account of the building of the dam was reported by Flip Putthoff in a May 25, 1986, interview with Beaver Lake Resident Manager Bob Anderson in the Rogers Morning News.

Anyone who fished Beaver Dam Lake growing up probably cleaned their fish with a pair of Beaver Dam Original Bullhead Skinners, at least, that’s what Marie Winter and Gene Helmer say.

If you’re interested in hunting historic Beaver Dam Lake, contact Mike and Lamar Boyd through their website, www.beaverdamducks.com, or call them at 662-363-6288.

If you’re interested in hunting historic Beaver Dam Lake, contact Mike and Lamar Boyd through their website, www.beaverdamducks.com, or call them at 662-363-6288.

The Beaver Dam Association and U.S. Rep. James Trimble, D-Berryville, who represented Northwest Arkansas, lobbied Congress to obtain funding for the lake project.