Seminoe State Park
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Seminoe State Park
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| location | Carbon County in Wyoming (USA) | |
| surface | 587 ha | |
| Geographical location | 42 ° 7 ' N , 106 ° 52' W | |
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| Setup date | 1965 | |
| administration | Wyoming Division of State Parks and Historic Sites | |
The Seminoe State Park is a State Park in Carbon County in the south of the US state of Wyoming . It is located in the northwest of the Seminoe Reservoir , around 56 km north of the village of Sinclair at around 2000 meters and can be reached via Interstate 80 . The park is named after the French trapper Basil Cimineau Lajeunesse, who lived in the area in the 19th century.
history
Gold was sought in the nearby Seminoe Mountains in the late 19th century. In 1965, the US Bureau of Reclamation and the Wyoming Recreation Commission - the predecessor institution of Wyoming State Parks and Historic Sites - founded Seminoe State Park on the northwestern bank of the lake created by the dam.
Tourist use
The Seminoe State Park is home to wildlife such as bighorn sheep , elk , moose , mule deer , pronghorn , coyotes , cougars , bobcats , foxes , raccoons , skunks , hare , cottontail rabbits , bald eagles and various waterfowl . Trout and eyeglasses can be fished in the lake . The tourist infrastructure includes four campsites.
Seminoe Dam
The Seminoe Dam was built between 1936 and 1938. The dam is a concrete arch dam with a height of 90 m above the foundation base . The three Francis turbines of the associated hydropower plant can generate up to 45 megawatts of electricity.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Brochure: Seminoe State Park. (PDF; 886 kB) (No longer available online.) Wyoming Division of State Parks and Historic Sites, formerly in the original ; Retrieved September 30, 2012 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Seminoe State Park. (No longer available online.) Wyoming Division of State Parks and Historic Sites, archived from the original on February 21, 2014 ; Retrieved September 30, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
