CAMDEN -- The Lower Jack's Access at Lower White Oak Lake will be closed May 12-June 30 for an extensive renovation.
The $300,000 renovation will include paving and marking the parking lot as well as increasing the available parking spaces. Anglers looking to access Lower White Oak will still be able to use Starnes' Landing, White Oak Belle (Dam) Access and White Oak Lake State Park while the construction is taking place.
Upper and Lower White Oak Lakes combine to form the second largest Commission-owned lake system in the state, behind Craig D. Campbell Lake Conway Reservoir. The lakes were formed by impounding White Oak Creek, which runs from south to north. The upper lake is actually south of the lower lake. The watershed consists of sandy soils, low in nutrients and contain pine timber with some mixed hardwoods . Most of the timber was left standing in the lakebed during construction, but has since fallen, leaving a dense cover of stumps just below the surface of the water.