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Lake Chelan Dam officially known as the Lake Chelan Hydroelectric Project is located approximately 32 miles (51 km) north of the city of Wenatchee in Chelan County.The dam is located at the lower or southeasterly end of 50.4 miles (81.1 kilometres) [5] long Lake Chelan, and is within the limits of the city of Chelan.
Lake Chelan Dam: Chelan: Chelan River: Lake Chelan [n 6] Gravity 59.2: 40 12 677,400 835,600 1927 Chelan County Public Utility District: Hydroelectric Lake Tapps (Multiple dikes) Pierce: Off-stream Lake Tapps: Earthfill 48,258 59,525 1911 Cascade Water Alliance: Recreation, Water supply (proposed) Little Goose Dam: Columbia/ Whitman: Snake ...
Lake Chelan (/ ʃ ə ˈ l æ n / shə-LAN) is a narrow, 50.5 mi (81.3 km) long lake in Chelan County, north-central Washington state, U.S. [1] It is an overdeepened lake and resembles a fjord, with an average width of 1.3 mi (2.1 km). Near its upper end, the lake surface lies more than 6,600 ft (2,000 m) below peaks less than 3 mi (4.8 km) away.
The Chelan River originates at the outlet of Lake Chelan, in the city of Chelan at the southern end of the lake. Lake Chelan Dam, also in the city of Chelan, blocks the river. The dry riverbed runs 3.9 miles (6.3 km) through a steep and rocky gorge, dropping 401 feet (122 m) before reaching the Columbia River near the community of Chelan Falls.
Chelan River: 62.1 Chelan County Public Utility District: 1927–1928 [10] LaGrande Dam: Pierce County: Nisqually River: 64 Tacoma Power: 1912, 1945 [11] Little Goose Dam: Columbia County Whitman County
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The dam is in Washington state, while Ross Lake extends 23 miles (37 km) north to British Columbia, Canada. Both dam and reservoir are located in Ross Lake National Recreation Area, is bordered on both sides by Stephen Mather Wilderness and combined with Lake Chelan National Recreation Area they make up North Cascades National Park Complex.