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Lake Sakakawea is a large reservoir in the north central United States, impounded in 1953 by Garrison Dam, ... During a training flight in winter 1969, ...
Lake Sakakawea State Park is a public recreation area occupying 739 acres (299 ha) on the southern shore of Lake Sakakawea in Mercer County, North Dakota. The state park is located adjacent to the Garrison Dam , one mile (1.6 km) north of Pick City .
Garrison Dam. Garrison Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Missouri River in central North Dakota, U.S. Constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from 1947 to 1953, at over two miles (3.2 km) in length, the dam is the fifth-largest earthen dam in the world. [4] The reservoir impounded by the dam is Lake Sakakawea, which extends to ...
Fort Stevenson State Park is a public recreation area located on a peninsula on Lake Sakakawea four miles (6.4 km) south of the community of Garrison in McLean County, North Dakota. [3] The state park 's 586 acres (237 ha) include a partial reconstruction of Fort Stevenson, the 19th-century Missouri River fort from which the park takes its name.
Van Hook, North Dakota. Van Hook is a thriving resort community built on the shores of Lake Sakakawea. The town was disbanded in the 1950s with the flooding of Lake Sakakawea and for a very short period of time was classified as a ghost town in the north central United States, located in Van Hook Township in Mountrail County, North Dakota.
Lewis and Clark State Park. / 48.12583°N 103.22889°W / 48.12583; -103.22889. Lewis and Clark State Park is a public recreation area occupying 525 acres (212 ha) in Williams County, North Dakota, where Gamache Creek enters Lake Sakakawea, 18 miles (29 km) east of Williston. The state park offers fishing, boating, camping, and picnicking.
The Fort Berthold Indian Reservation is a U.S. Indian reservation in western North Dakota that is home for the federally recognized Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation, also known as the Three Affiliated Tribes. The reservation includes lands on both sides of the Missouri River. The tribal headquarters is in New Town, the 18th largest city in ...
(From columns first published July 26, 2014; June 21, 2018; and Oct. 16, 2021.) You can’t keep a good monster down. In July 1969, when the rest of the world was marveling at the moon landing ...