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Raymond Gary Lake

 

 

 

 

 

 

Raymond Gary Lake in Southeast Oklahoma with the small town of Fort Towson just nearly sprawling on its banks, is a beautiful small gem waiting for you in Choctaw County.

 

 

 

 

The two maps on the right side of this page illustrate some of the characteristics of Raymond Gary Lake.  The first photo displays the roads around the lake and which addition is located where.   The next map has water depth of the lake marked on it.  

 

 

 

 

Join the Lake Raymond Gary Yahoo group by clicking on the link below.   See you at the lake!

 

 

 

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Take a child fishing, teach them to enjoy the peaceful tranquility of being on the water.

 

Can’t get any time to go enjoy the lake, I have just the answer.  Jigsaw puzzles of the lake to put together with your cursor.  They only take a minute, and they will refresh you!  Click here for puzzles.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some details about Raymond Gary Lake, the park, the area, etc:

 

 

 

 

Raymond Gary Lake covers approx. 390 acres

 

 

 

The State Park at the Southern end of the Lake offers cabins for rent, 2 boat ramps, jon boats, paddle boats, and canoes for rent, rv sites, picnic facilities, covered pavilions, swimming area, playground, showers, etc.   Visit their website.

 

 

 

 

 

Raymond Gary Lake is managed by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife.   Visit their website.

 

 

 

 

 

Some photos of the lake for your enjoyment;

 

 

Autumn on the Lake.

 

 

 

Doesn’t get any better than this!

 

 

 

 

 

Beautiful!

 

 

 

Lake Area News:

 

*     10/07 – Lake Association Meeting is scheduled for Saturday, October 27, 2007 at 2 pm according to an email that I received from Bill Bell, new Lake Association president.

*     10/07 Road work on the west side of the lake is continuing.  The road is looking good, looks like paving may be just around the corner.

*     10/07 Folks from Moore, Oklahoma have joined the property owners in The Point.  They are pleased to have property on our lake. They had not been to our lake prior to having purchased.  We are pleased that are property website draws people to Lake Raymond Gary.  

*     9/07 – New owners from Austin, TX will be making changes on their purchase on Peninsula Drive.  Mobile home will be torn down and plans are being made for a new home to be built in the future. They had not been to Lake Raymond Gary prior to coming up to look at property here. They thought the lake was beautiful and expressed their pleasure at finding property on it.  We are pleased that our property website draws people to Lake Raymond Gary.

*     9/07 – Fall annual meeting of the Lake Association held this month. Update coming soon. I have been told that a speaker will be present to talk about the Neighborhood Watch Program.  Try to be there if you’re a member and can possibly make it.

*     9/25/07 Paving continues on the streets around the lake and the area is looking good.  Fall colors are just around the corner.  The green is just starting to fade.

*     9/25/07 Mae Hylton has moved from our area.

*     New residents are moving into a home on Peninsula Drive.  The new residents are from Missouri.  The Missouri family is very pleased to have found the property on our website and expressed their pleasure with their purchase.

*     9/25/07 – The Raymond Gary Lake Association is meeting this Saturday.  Members be sure to attend.  A speaker is planned to talk about the Neighborhood Watch program.

*     5/07 – Flooding in Oklahoma continues with streams and creeks at all times highs including our lake.  Lake Raymond Gary has been returning to normal faster than the larger lakes though.

*     1/19/07Lake levels have been considerably higher after all of the rain here and further to the north causing more water to flow through Gates Creek into the lake and also from the run-off of the watershed.  Levels were pretty much back to “normal  yesterday.  New houses are going up in THE POINT.  It’s wonderful to see people make their home here around Lake Raymond Gary. Call me or email me if you have info or news that you want to post here.

*     10/24/06 – Recent rains and cooler weather have really brought out the beautiful colors at the lake.  Those should continue to develop for the next few weeks.  I will get some new pics uploaded soon with those fantastic scenes.

*     9/23/06 – The Raymond Gary Lake Association held their annual fall meeting at the pavilion in the park.  Officers and board members were elected for the new year.  Randy Horn is the newly elected president of the association, replacing Al Alexander.  Carolyn Thomas was elected secretary, replacing Mozelle Alexander.  It’s time to pay your dues for 07.  Those can be sent to the secretary, Carolyn Thomas at “Raymond Gary Lake Association, P O BOX 214, Fort Towson, OK 74735”. 

*     9/3/06 – Update on the lake.  Further paving has taken place this summer around the west side of the lake.  Some of our long time residents have moved, Jay Bee & Paula Burner have left Raymond Gary to reside in Arizona.  We have welcomed several new property owners as we have sold over 30 properties around the lake during the last 9 months. New homes are going up in The Point, new owners have been welcomed in The Point, Holiday Lake Estates, George Caldwell Addition, South Shore Acres East, and in the Pauline Bailey Survey Addition on the Peninsula.   The park is looking great and we are thankful for the great job that the guys are doing over there.   Fish are biting! The swimming is still good and the weather is wonderful.  High of 85 yesterday.

*     3/14/06 - Water level is good and the fish are biting!

*     2/21/06 – Water level is about to return to “normal”.  The lake looks good.

*     12/05/05 – Christmas Boat Parade Friday & Saturday nights was beautiful.  Thank you to everyone who worked to “make it happen”.  The Children’s picture taking event at the park was a giant success.  Mozelle Alexander ran out of candy canes and Polaroid film.  She switched to her digital camera and wound up taking 160 children’s pictures!!

*     11/05 City has been busy paving the road in the Holiday Lake Estate Addition and down the peninsula road.

 

 

We would love to hear from you if you have news about the Lake Raymond Gary area or pictures.   Please send it in and we will post it.  Just email me.

 

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