Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area
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Contact Information:
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area
1008 Crest Drive
Coulee Dam, WA 99116
http://www.nps.gov/laro/
Size: 100,390 acres.
Location: Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area is located in northeast Washington, stretching 130 miles along the length of Lake Roosevelt.
Description: Formed by Grand Coulee Dam (part of the Columbia River Basin Project), 130-mile-long Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake is the principal recreation feature here. Fort Spokane, situated at the confluence of the Columbia and Spokane rivers, was one of the last frontier forts built in the West (1880) and vividly illustrates changes in government policy towards Indian tribes at the turn of the century.
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Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area |
Operating
Hours: Most facilities are open year-round. The recreation season is May through October. The Visitor Center and Museum at Fort Spokane are open Memorial Day through the middle of October.
History: Coulee Dam Recreation Area administered under cooperative agreement with Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau of Indian Affairs (U.S. Department of the Interior), since December 18, 1946. Renamed on January 1, 1997.
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