Northern Missouri
Ella Ewing Lake ties a Scotland County name to a flood-control lake
Ella Ewing Lake Conservation Area near South Gorin combines a small public lake, a watershed-project origin, and a local-name story.
Ella Ewing Lake is a Scotland County place where the name and the land-use history both matter. The Missouri Department of Conservation says the 60-acre conservation area is in Scotland County and was purchased in 1967. MDC also says the lake had been built by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as part of the Bear Creek Watershed Project and was intended as a flood-control structure.
The name is local, too. MDC says the property was named after Ella Ewing, a local legend who lived nearby from 1872 until 1913.
That gives the lake a different feel from a generic farm pond. It is a public fishing area, a watershed-project lake, and a Scotland County memory marker near South Gorin. Check MDC for directions, rules, and current area details before going.
References
Where this fits: this note belongs to Scotland County. See every local note for the county on its page.