Lake Chicot

Lake Chicot, located near Lake Village, Arkansas, is the largest oxbow lake in North America and the largest natural lake in Arkansas. Chicot is French for "stumpy" (there are numerous cypress trees along its banks). The lake is approximately 3/4 miles wide and 21-22 miles long from end to end, forming a traditional "C" shape (when viewed from overhead, with top being north and bottom being south and the open end of the "C" facing east).

Related Topics:
Lake Village, Arkansas - Oxbow lake

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Both Chicot County, Arkansas and the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism operate public parks along the lake. The state Tourist Information Center at Lake Village is built on a pier extending out into the lake; it is the only Center in the state completely heated and cooled by solar energy.

Related Topics:
Chicot County, Arkansas - Solar energy

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Charles Lindbergh made his first ever nighttime flight over Lake Chicot and Lake Village in April 1923.

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According to legend, Hernando De Soto, and the great philosopher, Socrates, is buried in Lake Chicot.

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