LAC DE MAVROVO
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This artificial lake (Мавровско Езеро/Mavrovsko Ezero) covers 13.7 km2, 10 km in length from north to south and 3 km in maximum width. The main tourist attraction of the Mavrovo National Park, it is the country's second-largest man-made lake after Tikveš. It takes its name from the former village of Mavrovo, buried in the southern part of the lake, where the partly submerged Church of St. Nicholas remains. The lake is fed mainly by the Radika, a 70 km-long river that rises in Kosovo and joins the Black Drin south of Debar. It was created in several stages. An earth dam was first built in the 19th century, to the south, near Mavrovo. The structure was enlarged in 1947, before another 54 m-high concrete dam was built in 1956-1957 to the east, on the Mavrovska River, a tributary of the Radika. It was during construction of this dam that 52 workers were killed by an avalanche in 1956. A beautiful monument pays tribute to them near the dam. The dam operates three hydroelectric power stations with a capacity of 390 million kilowatt-hours. The riverbanks are served by two roads and attract many tourists: swimmers, yachtsmen, fishermen and skiers. The Zare-Lazareski ski resort is located at the southern tip of the lake, near the rebuilt village of Mavrovo (population 200). Finally, on the eastern shore, near the hamlet of Leunovo (pop. 30), stands the large Hotel Radika with its own ski resort.
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