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Wednesday, December 06, 2006

LAKE POWELL UTAH

Lake Powell

Glen Canyon Dam

If it was not for Glen Canyon Dam, there would be no lake Powell.
Construction of the 587 foot concrete dam began in 1956.
In 1958 some 24 square miles of Navajo tribal land were exchanged for a larger tract in Utah. Making the room needed for the back-up water that formed Lake Powell.
It took seven years to construct this massive dam.
The Glen Canyon Bridge over the dam and Colorado River is 700 feet above the water. Making this the second-highest, steel-arched bridge in the world.
Located on the Utah, Arizona border the dam was completed in 1963.
Lake Powell began to fill with back water and took 17 years to fill to capacity. The lake was drawing crowds well before it was full.
Lake Powell is the 2nd largest reservoir in North America. It is 186 miles long with 2000 miles of shoreline, 96 side canyons, hundreds of inlets, and cove shelters with Indian ruins. All waiting for you to explore.

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