The
Walter F. George Lake, named for
Walter F. George (1878–1957), a
United States Senator from Georgia, is formed on the
Chattahoochee River along the state line between
Alabama and
Georgia. It is also widely known by the name,
Lake Eufaula — particularly in Alabama, where the state legislature passed a resolution on June 25, 1963, to give the lake that name. The 46,000-acre lake extends north about from the
Walter F. George Lock and Dam and has approximately of shoreline. Popular activities along the lake include
camping and trophy
fishing.