Water sustains Lake Havasu City's thriving tourism industry as people visit or move to the community to boat, fish, swim, and enjoy recreational water activities. Long before the Colorado River was dammed, the Chemehuevi people lived along its banks. Their communities lay on a north-south travel and trade route that stretched from Central America to Colorado. The Chemehuevi lost their traditional lands twice: when the U. After this loss, the Chemehuevi lobbied for federal recognition, which was granted in The tribe is based on a 32,acre reservation that hugs the western shore of the lake, across from Lake Havasu City.
Robert McCulloch, famous for his chainsaw company, thought remote Lake Havasu would be a good place to test outboard motors. More than eighteen can be seen on the shores of the lake. Lake Havasu City offers a broad range of community facilities including an airport, regional parks and amenities, two movie theater complexes, a library, and historical museum.
The City is proud to be the home of a shopping mall, The Shops at Lake Havasu, which opened in with over , square feet of commercial space available. The mall is anchored by Dillard's, J. Penney's, and Super Walmart. Additional shopping can be found in the Channel Riverwalk District and the Uptown McCulloch Main Street District which also is host to many special events throughout the year.
Unique boutiques, salons, night clubs, restaurants, and performing arts facilities can be found throughout the community. Lake Havasu City Airport. North of the dam and the nearby Havasu Springs resort, highway 95 runs right along the lakeshore for several miles, winding around the big inlet formed by Bill Williams River , and passing several overlooks that allow good, elevated views of the blue waters, framed by steep red-brown cliffs.
After crossing the river, which at the confluence flows through a wide expanse of tall, grassy marshland, the road moves away from the lake and remains largely out of sight for 17 miles, until reaching Lake Havasu City.
In this stretch there is only one main shoreline access point, at Cattail Cove State Park , whose facilities comprise a beach, 61 site campground, boat ramp, cafe and a short trail along the coast. Balance Cove, Lake Havasu. In contrast to the generally remote and inaccessible land in the state park, the next six miles of the shoreline to the north, around the city, are fully developed, with beaches, marinas, footpaths, piers, etc, but then the northernmost section nearly as far as the I crossing at Topock are even more inaccessible, since highway 95 bends away eastwards.
On the California side, only two places are reachable by a paved road - the small communities of Havasu Lake 16 miles east of US 95 and Black Meadow Landing 25 miles north of Parker. Crack in the Wall. Lake Havasu City The city of Lake Havasu covers a large area of the gently sloping land on the east side of the lake, crossed by a network of curving residential streets. Affiliate disclosure. Lake Havasu - Photography.
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