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State Route 147 (SR 147) is a state highway in the U.S. state of California.The route runs along the eastern side of Lake Almanor.It serves as a bypass to connect State Route 89 and State Route 36 on the eastern side of the lake, whereas the two highways already meet on the western side in Chester.
In author Robyn Carr's romantic novel series Virgin River, the fictional town of Virgin River is located off State Route 36 in the mountains of Humboldt County in Northern California. In the New Zealand TV series 800 Words , a California 36 highway sign hangs on the wall of Big Mac's fight club (alongside one for Interstate 20 ).
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.
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).
A map by the California Geological Survey shows faults near the Lake Almanor area in Plumas County, where a magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck Thursday, May 11, 2023, followed by a magnitude 5.2 ...
Canyondam (formerly, Canyon Dam) is a census-designated place (CDP) [3] in Plumas County, United States. [2] 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.
Chester is located on Lake Almanor, 30 miles (48.3 km) north-northwest of Quincy. [3] The town is located along State Route 36. The US Postal Service ZIP code for the community is 96020. The population was 2,144 at the 2010 census, down from 2,316 at the 2000 census. The primary industries in Chester are lumber production and tourism.
East Shore is located along the south-east shoreline of Lake Almanor, at (40.242583, -121.077361 [ 3 ] According to the United States Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of 1.2 square miles (3.1 km 2 ), all of it land.