Lake Mead

Lake Mead is a reservoir that serves as the primary source of pure non-irradiated water to the Mojave Wasteland.

Background
Lake Mead was named after Elwood Mead (1858–1936), who was the commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation from 1924 to 1936 during the planning and construction of the Boulder Canyon Project that created the dam and lake. Lake Mead was established as the Boulder Dam Recreation Area in 1936, administrated by the National Park Service. It was then changed to the Lake Mead National Recreation Area in 1964, this time including Lake Mohave and the Shivwits Plateau under its jurisdiction.

Layout
The lake bed is comprised mostly of sand, rocks, and seaweed. There are fish in the lake, although they cannot be interacted with. On the lake bed, a crashed B-29 airplane can be found, which the Courier is asked to bring up to the surface by the Boomers during the quest Volare!. There is an underwater cave southeast of the B-29, the Lake Mead cave, not to be confused with the Camp Guardian caves. Directly behind the plane lies a partially sunken ship resembling a tugboat, red in color, which has some gore bags coming out of a hole in the hull. Directly below this ship is the cave.

Notable loot

 * Three Sunset Sarsaparilla star bottle caps, several Sunset Sarsaparilla crates and even more empty Sunset Sarsaparilla bottles, about 11 dozen - In and around the Sunken Sunset Sarsaparilla truck at the bottom of lake, west of the scavenger platform.
 * Sunset Sarsaparilla star bottle cap - On the scavenger platform, along with a Wasteland Survival Guide.

Appearances
Lake Mead appears only in Fallout: New Vegas.

Behind the scenes

 * Lake Mead is based on the real world location of Lake Mead, formed by the creation of the Hoover Dam.
 * The crashed B-29 is a reference to a real airplane, a modified Boeing B-29 Superfortress, that crashed into the waters of Lake Mead while performing atmospheric research on July 21, 1948 - the same date in-game and in real life.
 * Howard Hughes, on whom the character Robert House is based, also crashed a aircraft into Lake Mead on May 17, 1943.

Bugs

 * There are a few hollow, floating, underwater rocks southeast of the Boulder Beach campground docks.
 * When fast traveling to Lake Mead (when you spawn on the boat wreckage), you can often see the crashed B-29, floating off in the distance by the dock. However, when you approach it, it's gone, per the Boomer's quest.

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