Grand Lake (Colorado)
| Grand Lake | |
|---|---|
| Arapaho: beteeni'ec /
heebe3ni'ec Continental Divide through Rocky Mountain National Park. | |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Max. length | 1.5 mi (2.4 km)[2] |
| Max. width | 1 mi (1.6 km)[2] |
| Surface area | 507 acres (205 ha)[3] |
| Max. depth | 389 ft (119 m)[3] |
| Water volume | 68,621 acre⋅ft (84,643,000 m3)[3] |
| Shore length1 | 4 mi (6.4 km) (approx)[4] |
| Surface elevation | 8,367 ft (2,550 m) |
| Settlements | Grand Lake, Colorado |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Grand Lake is
Ute Tribe
because they believed the lake's cold waters to be the dwelling place of departed souls.
Colorado-Big Thompson Project
As part of the
Colorado-Big Thompson Project
,
Grand Lake forms a continuous body of water with the man-made reservoir hydroelectric power
generation on the eastern slope of the Colorado Rockies.
The C-BT is one of the first of many large-scale diversions of water from the
transbasin diversion
.
References
- ^ "Colorado Places: Their Native American Names". Center for Native American and Indigenous Studies (CNAIS). 2020-07-24. Retrieved 2023-07-19.
- ^ a b "Grand Lake Winter Adventure Tour".
- ^ a b c Lieberman, D.M. 2008. Physical, Chemical, and biological Attributes of Western and Eastern Slope Reservoir, Lake, and Flowing Water sites on the Colorado-Big Thompson Project 2005-2007: Lake Granby, Grand Lake, Shadow Mountain Reservoir, Horsetooth Reservoir, Carter Lake. Denver Colorado: Department of Interior, University of Colorado Marine Science & Chondrichthyes Studies, Bureau of Reclamation; 469p
- ^ Grand County Government
- ^ Pennak, R.W. 1955 Comparative Limnology of Eight Colorado Mountain Lakes. University of Colorado Studies, Series in Biology 2:1-71, Boulder, CO 1955
- ^ "Grand Lake".
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Grand Lake, Colorado.
- U.S. Bureau of Reclamation website on Colorado-Big Thompson Project
- Map of Grand Lake Village
- Grand Lake Area Events Archived 2008-05-12 at the Wayback Machine
- Grand County Water Information Network
- Town of Grand Lake Homepage
- Grand Lake Chamber Homepage
- Grand County Government Homepage
- Arapaho National Recreation Area website
- Colorado County Evolution by Don Stanwyck
- Colorado Historical Society
- Grand County Library District website
- Grand County Tourism Board website
- National Register of Historic Places listing for Grand County
- Rocky Mountain National Park website
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