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Lake Almanor is a large reservoir in northwestern Plumas County, northeastern California, United States. The reservoir has a capacity of 1,308,000 acre-feet (1.613 × 10 9 m 3) and a maximum depth of about 90 feet (27 meters). The surface area is 43.75 square miles (11,331.2 hectares). [1]
Lake Almanor is a popular hunting, fishing and boating destination. The lake is home for a variety of fish and bird species, many of which make for good sport and game. Chester and the greater Lake Almanor area are home to many seasonal and year-round resorts and restaurants that cater to the locals and the summer seasonal tourists.
Lake Almanor Peninsula is located at (40.275319, -121.126715 [ 3 ] According to the United States Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of 3.0 square miles (7.8 km 2 ), all of it land.
Lake Almanor West is located at (40.235246, -121.204180), [3] along the southwest shore of Lake Almanor It is locally referred to as "West Shore." According to the United States Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of 2.3 square miles (6.0 km 2 ), all of it land.
Almanor is located at (40.216857, -121.177325), [6] on the south-west shoreline of Lake Almanor According to the United States Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of 0.9 square miles (2.3 km 2 ), all land.
Canyon Dam (National ID # CA00327m also known as Lake Almanor Dam [1]) is an embankment dam on the North Fork Feather River in northern California, 16 mi (26 km) southwest of Westwood. Located about 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Chester , the dam forms Lake Almanor , a large and shallow reservoir surrounded by the Cascade mountains.
Canyondam is located near the dam that forms Lake Almanor, 6.25 miles (10.1 km) east-southeast of Almanor. [4] The population was 31 as of the 2010 census, down from 37 as of the 2000 census. On August 6, 2021, the community was destroyed in the Dixie Fire. [5]
Lake Tahoe is the second deepest lake in the U.S. In terms of area covered, the largest lake in California is the Salton Sea, a lake formed in 1905 which is now saline.It occupies 376 square miles (970 km 2) in the southeast corner of the state, but because it is shallow it only holds about 7.5 million acre⋅ft (2.4 trillion US gal; 9.3 trillion L) of water. [2]