Lake Billy Chinook
Reservoir in Jefferson County, Oregon / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lake Billy Chinook is a reservoir in Jefferson County in the U.S. state of Oregon. Created by the Round Butte Dam in 1964, Lake Billy Chinook lies in a canyon at the confluence of the Crooked, Deschutes, and Metolius rivers near Culver and Madras. It was named for Billy Chinook, a Native American of the Wasco tribe who traveled alongside American explorers John C. Frémont and Kit Carson in their expeditions of 1843 and 1844.[4]
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Location | Jefferson County, Oregon |
Coordinates | 44.58912°N 121.36496°W / 44.58912; -121.36496 |
Type | Reservoir |
Primary inflows | Crooked, Deschutes, and Metolius rivers |
Primary outflows | Deschutes River |
Catchment area | 7,514 square miles (19,500 km2)[1] |
Basin countries | United States |
First flooded | 1964 |
Max. length | 28 mi (45 km) [2] |
Surface area | 4,000 acres (1,600 ha) [3] |
Average depth | 102 ft (31 m) [2] |
Max. depth | 415 ft (126 m) |
Shore length1 | 72 mi (116 km) [2] |
Surface elevation | 1,945 ft (593 m) [2] |
Islands | Chinook Island |
Settlements | Culver |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
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