Lake Milada, Artificial lake in Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic.

Lake Milada is an artificial lake in Ústí nad Labem with gently sloping shores and several designated swimming areas. The water is surrounded by wooded slopes that create a varied landscape for different recreational activities.

Brown coal was mined at Chabařovice until April 1997, when extraction ended; the government had written off the remaining reserves in 1991. Flooding began on 15 June 2001 with water piped from the Kateřina reservoir about 2 km west, and the lake reached its level of 145.7 m on 8 August 2010. Recultivation cost 5 billion korunas and the lake opened to the public in May 2015.

The villages of Hrbovice, Tuchomyšl and Vyklice, along with Lochočice, Otovice and Zalužany, were abandoned to the Chabařovice brown-coal mine and now lie beneath the water. In 2020 the city of Ústí nad Labem placed information boards at the lake on the history of these vanished settlements, a project prepared from 2016 by the city museum, the mining company Palivový kombinát Ústí and the Jezero Milada association of municipalities.

The lake is well suited for swimming, sailing, and water sports, with designated beaches and paths going around it. It helps to check which areas are accessible before visiting, as conditions can vary by season.

In July 2022, two Canadair aircraft drew water from Lake Milada to fight the forest fires in Bohemian Switzerland National Park. The lake lies in the Most Basin lowland, and its water is a mix of the restored Zalužanský stream, old mine groundwater and rain.