Lower Tamar Lake

The spillway (in 1985).

Lower Tamar Lake is located on the Devon-Cornwall border, in England, near Alfardisworthy.[1]

It was constructed in the 1820s to supply water to the Bude Canal. It is now a nature reserve.

The reservoir has been formed by damming the River Tamar. To the north (upstream) is the newer Upper Tamar Lake,[1] a reservoir used for public water supply.

The county boundary originally ran along the (natural) route of the River Tamar, but was re-aligned along a (now disused) re-routing of the river to the reservoir's west side, placing the lake in Devon.[1]

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Coordinates: 50°52′23″N 4°25′30″W / 50.873°N 4.425°W / 50.873; -4.425

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