{{short description|Waterway in Nevada}} thumb|right|250px|Callville Bay marina '''Callville Bay''' is a waterway on the northwestern side of Lake Mead in the U.S. state of Nevada. It has a marina and camping resort. Situated east of Las Vegas and upstream from Las Vegas Bay,{{sfn|U.S. Geological Survey|1998|p=16}} it lies within the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, which was established in 1935. Its name derives from the settlement of Callville which was established in 1865 by Anson Call under a directive led by Brigham Young. Though the settlement was abandoned in 1869,{{sfn|McClintock|1921|p=281}} and submerged under Lake Mead when the Colorado River was dammed, Callville Bay retained the name.{{sfn|Glass|1983|p=162}}
==History== The bay derives its name from the permanent settlement of Callville, known alternately as Call's Landing, Call's Fort, and Old Callville. The settlement, containing residences, a warehouse, and irrigation systems, was established on December 2, 1864, by Anson Call, James Whitmore, A. M. Cannon, Jacob Hamblin and son,{{sfn|McClintock|1921|p=72}} under a directive to Call by Brigham Young. The steamboat port of Callville was used for shipping freight to Salt Lake City.<ref name=utah.edu /> The bay was formed and the settlement was submerged after the Colorado River was dammed to form Lake Mead.<ref name=nps.gov>{{cite web|title=Callville Bay History|url=http://www.nps.gov/lake/historyculture/callvillebayhistory.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101002022419/http://www.nps.gov/lake/historyculture/callvillebayhistory.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 2, 2010|publisher=U.S. Department of the Interior|access-date=29 September 2013|author=National Park Service}}</ref>
==Features== thumb|right|Callville Bay store A marina, created after the Hoover Dam was built, is a common launching point for boats onto the lake.<ref name="Castor2008">{{cite book|last=Castor|first=Joseph V. Tingley, Becky W. Purkey, Ernest M. Duebendorfer, Eugene I. Smith, Jonathan G. Price, and Stephen B.|title=SP016: Geologic tours in the Las Vegas area: Expanded edition with GPS coordinates|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZnaD11HqnXwC&pg=PA67|date=August 2008|publisher=NV Bureau of Mines & Geology|isbn=978-1-888035-12-4|page=67}}</ref> It contains 589 boat slips; fishing boats and houseboats are available for rent. Callville also contains a restaurant, lounge, small store, and campground accommodating for about 80 camps.{{sfn|Sehlinger|2007|pp=437, 504}}
==Geography== Callville settlement was located on the Muddy River in the extreme southeast section of Nevada.<ref name=utah.edu>{{cite web|title=Callville, Nevada P.1|url=http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/USHS_Class/id/22331|publisher=Utah Division of State History|access-date=29 September 2013}}</ref> The bay is accessed from the land via Callville Bay Road, a turnoff from Callville Bay Junction. The junction is situated {{convert|18|miles}} northeast of Henderson while Echo Bay Junction is {{convert|24|miles}} to the northeast and Overton is a further {{convert|23|miles}}.{{sfn|Preston|Preston|1999|p=23}} The topography is described as hilly, with no flood hazards near the developed area.{{sfn|National Park Service|1985|p=130}}
To the north lies Black Mesa, which is characterized by "pink, brown, and red-brown sandstone and siltstone" that lies by the Bitter Spring Valley fault.<ref>{{cite book|title=Geological Survey Professional Paper|year=1984|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_VSrwAAAAMAAJ|access-date=29 September 2013|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_VSrwAAAAMAAJ/page/n55 46]}}</ref> The nearby "Callville Mesa" is a flat-topped hill capped by volcanic rock.{{sfn|Tingley|Purkey|Duebendorfer|2008|p=67}} Flora include willows,{{sfn|Sehlinger|2007|pp=437, 504}} oleanders, Russian olives, yuccas, palms, and pines trees.<ref name="Smith2011">{{cite book|last=Smith|first=Scott|title=Moon Nevada|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v3Ld4TYsFIQC&pg=PT171|date=31 May 2011|publisher=Avalon Travel|isbn=978-1-59880-943-5|page=171}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist|33em}}
;Bibliography * {{cite book|last=Glass|first=Mary Ellen|title=Touring Nevada: A Historic and Scenic Guide|url=https://archive.org/details/touringnevadahis00glas|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/touringnevadahis00glas/page/162 162]|date=1 January 1983|publisher=University of Nevada Press|isbn=978-0-87417-074-0}} * {{cite book|last=McClintock|first=James H.|title=Mormon Settlement in Arizona; a Record of Peaceful Conquest of the Desert|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xFIoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA281|edition=Public domain|year=1921|publisher=McClintock}} * {{cite book|author=National Park Service|title=Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Mohave County, Arizona, and Clark County, Nevada: Draft general management plan and alternatives|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wqnuAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA130|year=1985|publisher=U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service|location=Denver}} * {{cite book|last1=Preston|first1=Thomas|last2=Preston|first2=Elizabeth|title=Places to Hide: Intermountain West|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hNXH6FgpcQsC|date=1 February 1999|publisher=Discovery Publishing|isbn=978-0-929760-87-2}} * {{cite book|last=Sehlinger|first=Robert W.|title=Frommer's Best RV and Tent Campgrounds in the U.S.A.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qHnWNHl6hoUC&pg=PA504|date=19 March 2007|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-0-470-06929-5}} * {{cite book|last1=Tingley|first1=Joseph V.|last2=Purkey|first2=Becky W.|last3=Duebendorfer|first3=Ernest M.|others=Eugene I. Smith, Jonathan G. Price, & Stephen B. Castor|title=SP016: Geologic tours in the Las Vegas area: Expanded edition with GPS coordinates|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZnaD11HqnXwC&pg=PA67|date=August 2008|publisher=NV Bureau of Mines & Geology|isbn=978-1-888035-12-4}} * {{cite book|author=U.S. Geological Survey|title=Circular|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WvskAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA16|series=Circular 1170|year=1998|publisher=U.S. Department of the Interior}}
==External links== *[http://callvillebay.com/ Official site]
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Category:Lake Mead Category:Bays of Nevada Category:Marinas in the United States Category:Lakes of Clark County, Nevada