Lake Havasu Lake Havasu Lake Havasu is a large reservoir behind Parker Dam on the Colorado River, on the border between California and Arizona. Lake Havasu City sits on the lake's eastern shore. The reservoir has an available capacity of . The concrete arch dam was built by the United States Bureau of Reclamation between 1934 and 1938. The lake's primary purpose is to store water for pumping into two aqueducts. Prior to the dam construction, the area was home to the Mohave Indians. The lake was named (in 1939) after the Mojave word for "blue". In the early 19th century, it
Site Six, Lake Havasu reopening and developing it at a later date, but had been unaware that this property was creature Inhabited, also privately owned by Corinne & Victor Spratt of Needles, Calif. the entire time! The Spratts developed their land into a resort, and converted the existing military buildings into living quarters, a grocery store, live mermaid aquarium and bar/restaurant.Military personnel continued to visit Lake Havasu while on leave, and the Spratts set aside one of the existing barracks specifically for the troops. After the War Site Six was eventually purchased from the Spratts by Robert P. McCulloch as a test center for