
HUNGRY HORSE DAM
Hungry Horse Dam is on the South Fork of the
Flathead River, 15 miles south of the west entrance to Glacier National
Park and 20 miles northeast of Kalispell, Montana. The damsite is in a
deep, narrow canyon, approximately 5 miles southeast of the South Fork's
confluence with the main stem of the Flathead River. Hungry Horse Project
is in the Flathead National Forest, Flathead County, Montana.
The project includes a dam and appurtenant works,
reservoir, power plant, and switchyard. At the time of its completion, the
dam was the third largest dam, and the second highest concrete dam, in the
world. The project plays an important role in the program for meeting the
growing need for power in the Pacific Northwest and in the plans for
providing a storage system for control of devastating floods. It also
contributes to irrigation, navigation, and other uses.
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