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Another Day In Paradise: Lake Powell - the wonderful man-made lake of the United States

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Another Day In Paradise: Lake Powell - the wonderful man-made lake of the United States Lake   Powell , the second largest man-made lake in the  United States  is the playground for Page,  Arizona , and attracting more then three million visitors annually. This amazing man made wonder named after John Wesley Powell (who led the first exploration of the  Colorado River ).  It is the largest reservoir on the Colorado River in  Utah . The Lake stretches from two miles south of the state line in  Arizona  upstream approximately 300 kilometers to Canyon lands National Park in  Utah .  Lake Powell, Utah and Arizona, United States The most renowned Glen Canyon Nation Recreation Area, established by Congress in 1972, is the home of  Lake Powell . The area is included of 1.25 million acres with the lake occupying only 13%, of the total area, which leaves a lot of opportunity to be explored by four-wheel drive. Once you travel by boat a ...