Seminoe State Park

The Seminoe State Park is a state park in Carbon County in the south of the U.S. state of Wyoming. He is in the northwest of the dam Seminoe reservoir, about 56 km north of the town of Sinclair to around 2000 meters and is accessible via Interstate 80. The park is named after the French trapper Basil Lajeunesse Cimineau, who lived in the area in the 19th century.

History

In the near Seminoe Mountains gold was sought in the late 19th century. 1939 Seminoe Dam was built. 1965 established the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the Wyoming Recreation Commission - the predecessor institution of Wyoming State Parks and Historic Sites - in a common agreement the Seminoe State Park on the northwest shore of the lake created by the dam.

Tourist use

The Seminoe State Park is home to wildlife such as bighorn sheep, elk, moose, mule deer, pronghorn, coyotes, cougars, bobcats, foxes, raccoons, skunks, Genuine rabbit, cottontail rabbit, bald eagles and a variety of water fowl. In the lake trout and glass eyes perch can be caught. The tourist infrastructure has four campgrounds.