Shakamak State Park

Shakamak State Park
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
Location of Shakamak State Park in Indiana
Location	Clay, Greene and Sullivan, Indiana, USA
Nearest city	Jasonville, Indiana
Coordinates	39°10′12″N 87°14′24″W / 39.17000°N 87.24000°W / 39.17000; -87.24000Coordinates: 39°10′12″N 87°14′24″W / 39.17000°N 87.24000°W / 39.17000; -87.24000
Area	1,766 acres (715 ha)
Established	1929
Governing body	Indiana Department of Natural Resources
http://www.in.gov/dnr/parklake/2969.htm
Shakamak State Park Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Nearest city	Jasonville, Indiana
Area	685 acres (277 ha)
Architectural style	Park Rustic
MPS	New Deal Resources on Indiana State Lands MPS
NRHP Reference #	00000199^[1]
Added to NRHP	March 15, 2000

Shakamak State Park is a state park in Indiana, United States. It is located 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Terre Haute, Indiana.

Shakamak's main attraction is its excellent fishing. Shakamak has several outdoor recreational activities such as swimming, hiking, paddle boating, row boating, camping, fishing, and horseback riding. The park offers rentals for cabins and campsites and is located just 3 miles (4.8 km) from Jasonville, Indiana

History

Shakamak State Park was dedicated on September 3, 1928.

The Nature Center on the west side of the lake

The land was donated for a state park from the counties of Clay, Greene and Sullivan. The name "Shakamak" was chosen by the park's founders. The word is said to mean "river of the long fish" in the language of either the Delaware (Lenape) or Kickapoo Indians, and was said to be used by them to describe the nearby Eel River. The park founders simply adopted the name for the park long after any Delaware departed the area well over 100 years before in 1819.^[2]

The first lake of Shakamak Park was created by the stopping up of a 5-foot (1.5 m) sewer and additional lakes were added in following years (30 years later in the case of Lake Kickapoo). There were no lakes in the area prior to that time. It was purposely stocked with bass by Richard Lieber in May 1930, starting the park's fame for fishing in July 1932 after sufficient time had passed for the original bass to reproduce enough to populate the lake.^[3] Further development of the park also occurred with the help of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). CCC Company 522 was located in the park from 1933 until 1942.^[4]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000 as a national historic district.^[1]

Mess Hall
Barracks

Shakamak hosted many Mid-States AAU Championship Swim Meets, drawing a huge attendance. A platform and a 5 and 10 meter diving platform (called the "16" and "32" by local swimmers preferring to measure the heights approximately in feet) was created for the meets and remained open and in use by the general swimming public until the 1990s when Shakamak Lake was closed to swimming and a swimming pool was constructed.

The park is located approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) from Jasonville, Indiana, a town with the motto of "The Gateway to Shakamak".

References

1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ http://www.in.gov/dnr/3245.htm/ Official (Indiana) DNR Historical Timeline
↑ Shakamak State Park Indiana Swimming Pier History
↑ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2015-08-01. Note: This includes Glory-June Grieff (March 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Shakamak State Park Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-08-01. and Accompanying photographs.

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