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June 29, 2021 3:56 PM Stacie Strader
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WATTS, Okla. – Kayakers, surfers and tubers will have a new place to play and relax in 2023.
The Grand River Dam Authority and the City of Siloam Springs, Arkansas are collaborating on a new whitewater adventure park. They’re calling it WOKA. It will be located near the Oklahoma and Arkansas state line.
WOKA will be based in Watts, Oklahoma at the old spillway of Lake Frances on the Upper Illinois River. It will have a 1,200 foot long, 100 foot wide channel for visitors to explore. Crews will also be constructing eight drop-features.
“The whitewater park’s name, WOKA, is formed from a combination of the words: water, Oklahoma and Arkansas. The 30-acre park falls within the Oklahoma border and inside the reservation boundaries of the Cherokee Nation,” according to its website.
GRDA constructs whitewater park in northeastern Oklahoma
and last updated 2021-06-29 20:46:22-04
WATTS, Okla. â The Grand River Dam Authority is constructing a whitewater park called WOKA. The park is expected to draw 85,000 visitors annually to northeastern Oklahoma.
WOKA s location borders Oklahoma and Arkansas, in the town of Watts. The 30-acre park will have a 1,200-foot-long, 100-foot-wide Illinois River channel.
There are also plans for eight drop-features which will provide low-hazard waves for kayakers, surfers, and tubers of all skill levels.
The project s total cost is $33 million. Most of the funding is provided by the Walton Family Foundation.
WOKA Whitewater Park will be complete in 2023.
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