Lake Sakakawea (within Lake Sakakawea State Park) is a haven for outdoor enthusiasts and families alike, offering activities like boating, fishing, and watersports.

PICK CITY, N.D. - The marina at Lake Sakakawea State Park is returning to normal after high winds and waves hit the marina during a June 10 storm, turning walkways to slips into twisted metal.

There was some open water along shorelines but no boating access. The boat ramps remained trapped in ice at both Lake Sakakawea State Park at Pick City and Fort Stevenson State Park south of Garrison.

Besides Lake Sakakawea, the state operates the marina at Lewis and Clark State Park and two marinas at Fort Stevenson State Park, all on the north shore of the lake. Reach reporter Lauren Donovan ...

Lauren Donovan Jul 30, 2015 Jul 30, 2015 Updated Jul 31, 2015 Les and Kathy Finch stretched out in lawn chairs under the dappled sunlight of cottonwood trees on Lake Sakakawea. The Albany, N.Y ...

BISMARCK - A request by the North Dakota Parks and Recreation Department for permission to spend money to operate a marina on Lake Sakakawea purchased with public funds last year ran into some ...

PICK CITY, N.D. (AP) - The staff at Lake Sakakawea State Park near Pick City is now in charge of a park on the water. This spring the park took over ownership and operation of what was formerly ...

Greg Corcoran, the manager at Lake Sakakawea State Park, said the park had about 115,000 visitors last year. This year, he said they've seen an estimated 140,000 visitors.

Lake Sakakawea State Park could nearly double in size as North Dakota officials plan to develop the Bay Point peninsula land that the state leases from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- Predicting the fall salmon run on Lake Sakakawea and the Missouri River is sort of like farming: Some years are just better than others.

At Lake Sakakawea State Park, manager John Tunge was glad to see a slight rise in the lake level. ''We've actually come up about 3 feet. That last rise should hold us for a while," he said.