Canyon Ferry Lake
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| Coordinates | 46 ° 24 '39 " N , 111 ° 31' 48" W | ||||||||
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| Construction time: | until 1954 | ||||||||
| Operator: | Bureau of Reclamation | ||||||||
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| Altitude (at congestion destination ) | 1158 m | ||||||||
| Water surface | 142 km² | ||||||||
The Canyon Ferry Lake is a reservoir on the upper reaches of the Missouri River in southwestern Montana .
The reservoir lies at the foot of the Big Belt Mountains , a mountain range of the Rocky Mountains . Nearby are the places Helena and Townsend . The Canyon Ferry Dam ( ⊙ ), located at the northern end of the lake, was built by the Bureau of Reclamation from 1947 and completed in 1954. It is part of the Missouri Dam Project Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program .
Canyon Ferry Lake covers an area of 142 km² and has 122 km of shoreline. The reservoir is used for energy generation , irrigation and flood protection . The water height is 1158 m .
Canyon Ferry Lake is a popular destination for recreational activities such as boating and fishing. In winter the lake is used for ice sailing .
Yacht harbor on Canyon Ferry Lake
Canyon Ferry Lake
Pick Sloan project dams
Web links
- Bureau of Reclamation : Canyon Ferry Reservoir
- Eric A. Stene: Canyon Ferry Project. Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program . Bureau of Reclamation, 1994 (English; PDF; 59.2 kB)
Individual evidence
- ^ Robert Kelley Schneiders: Dams across the wide Missouri: Water transportation, the Corps of Engineers, and environmental change along the Missouri Valley, 1803-1993 . In: Retrospective Theses and Dissertations. Number 12242 , 1997
- ^ Canyon Ferry Lake in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
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