The 250-acre Lake Lurleen is the centerpiece of Lake Lurleen State Park and was created by the construction of a dam on a tributary of Big Creek in Tuscaloosa County. It was named for Alabama governor Lurleen Burns Wallace.
Lake Lurleen
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Courtesy of Alabama State Parks
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