Upper Des Lacs Lake

Upper Des Lacs Lake is located in northwestern North Dakota and split almost in half by Ward County and Burke County. It also is in parts of two regions--the Lakes and Gardens Region and the West Region.

The lake, with its 64,000 acre-ft. of water, was built on the Des Lacs River in 1935 as a fish and wildlife pond and is the focal point of the Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge.