Flathead Lake
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Flathead Lake is a large natural lake in northwest Montana, United States.
Flathead Lake
Clouds over Flathead Lake in Polson, Montana, as the sun sets
Flathead Lake at Lakeside with Swan and Mission Range in the background
SKQ Dam
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The Séliš Ksanka Ql̓ispé Dam, also known as SKQ Dam, is a concrete gravity-arch dam located at river mile 72 of the Flathead River. Built in 1938, it raises the level and increases the size of Flathead
Flathead Lake
…Lake Missoula, of the era of the last interglacial. Flathead Lake is a natural lake along the mainline of the Flathead River. It was dammed in 1930 by Kerr Dam at its outlet on Polson Bay, slightly raising the lake level; the dam generates electricity. The hydroelectric has been owned and operated by the…
Seli’š Ksanka Qlispe’ Dam (2018)
Water flowing out of the Salish-Kootenai Dam through one of several gates
A rainbow forming over the Salish-Kootenai Dam in Montana
Séliš Ksanka Ql’ispé Dam, formerly known as Kerr Dam, was completed in 1938. It dams the Flathead River a few miles below Flathead Lake southwest of Polson, Montana, 2017