Lake Granby is the second largest body of water in Colorado. It was created as part of the Colorado-Big Thompson Project

Colorado-Big Thompson project

The Colorado-Big Thompson Project is a water diversion project in Colorado designed to collect West Slope mountain water from the headwaters of the Colorado River and divert it to Colorado's Front Range and plains...

 and forms a continuous body of water with Shadow Mountain Reservoir and Grand Lake

Grand Lake (Colorado)

Grand Lake is Colorado's largest and deepest natural lake, one of the headwaters of the Colorado River in Grand County, Colorado. On its shores is located the eponymous town of Grand Lake. The elevation of the lake surface is 8,367 feet . It is formed by the damming of several streams by a...

. On its own, Lake Granby contains approximately 40 miles of shoreline. The lake is popular with anglers and is continually stocked with Trout and Kokanee Salmon.