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Banks Lake is a 27-mile-long (43 km) reservoir in central Washington in the United States. Part of the Columbia Basin Project , Banks Lake occupies the northern portion of the Grand Coulee , a formerly dry coulee near the Columbia River , formed by the Missoula Floods during the Pleistocene epoch.
Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake (also called Lake Roosevelt) is the reservoir created in 1941 by the impoundment of the Columbia River by the Grand Coulee Dam in Washington state. It is named for Franklin D. Roosevelt , who was president during the construction of the dam.
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area is a U.S. national recreation area that encompasses the 130-mile (210 km) long Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake between Grand Coulee Dam and Northport, Washington, in eastern Washington state. The Grand Coulee Dam was built on the Columbia River in 1941 as part of the Columbia River Basin project.
Project water enters Banks Lake through the Feeder Canal from the Pump-generating plant. [6] The outlet for Banks Lake is the Main Canal near Coulee City. It is near the east abutment of Dry Falls Dam. [6] Banks Lake serves as an equalizing reservoir for storage of water for irrigation and can be used to for power generation.
This is a list of natural lakes and reservoirs located fully or partially in the U.S. state of Washington. Natural lakes that have been altered with a dam, such as Lake Chelan, are included as lakes, not reservoirs. Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all.
Also, bank fishing doesn't allow access to fishing areas that are too far away from the bank. Boat fishing allows fishing for deepwater fish, such as lake trout, that may be impossible for bank fishermen to catch. A boat also allows fishing methods not available to bank fishermen such as trolling, deep water jigging, or down rigger fishing.
It has been suggested that Glacial Lake Columbia maintained a highstand for up to two centuries at about 15,350 14C yr BP. [5] Some placer gold is known from the lower river system, with reports of small amounts at the confluence of the West fork Sanpoil and Sanpoil and additional reports along the courses of Strawberry and Gold Creeks. [6]
Pinto Dam and Billy Clapp Lake are part of the Main Canal (1951) of the Columbia Basin project. [8] The canal is 8.3 miles (13.4 km), from Banks lake to Billy Clapp Lake. . From the Billy Clap Lakes outlet, the lower reach of the Main Canal continues westward to divide into the East Low and West Canals near Adco on Washingto