Corella Dam
Reservoir in West of Cloncurry, Queensland
20°50′23″S 140°02′42″E / 20.8397°S 140.045°E / -20.8397; 140.045Lake Corella is a concrete faced rockfill dam built between 1956 and 1957 on the Corella River to provide town water for the Mary Kathleen Uranium Mine. The dam originally had a gated control structure which was removed in 2004, lowering the spillway and reducing the full supply level. When full it has a surface area of 200 hectares and holds 10,500 ML of water.
Clem Walton Park is a popular camping area on the shore of the lake.
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