Big Bend (Missouri River) - Wikipedia
The Big Bend is a large meander of the Missouri River in South Dakota, now impounded by the Big Bend Dam, 7 miles (11 km) to its south, as part of Lake Sharpe. The meander is about 22 miles (35 km) long and at its narrowest, its neck is about 3,440 feet (1.05 km) wide.
Big Bend of the Missouri - U.S. National Park Service
Big Bend of the Missouri is a High Potential Historic Site on the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail. On September 19, 1804, the expedition camped downriver of the Big Bend, an expansive meander of the Missouri River that was already a well-known landmark.
Big Bend of Missouri River - U.S. National Park Service
Oct 31, 2022 · This unique feature of the Missouri River in central South Dakota is amazing to see on land, but equally fascinating to view from above. It’s the Big Bend of the Missouri where the men of the Corps felt they gained little progress in late September 1804.
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Big Bend Dam began operating in 1964 as one of the six large federal dam and reservoir projects on the upper Missouri River that, as a system, reduces flood risks for the populations and urban...
Big Bend Dam - Wikipedia
Big Bend Dam is a major embankment rolled-earth dam on the Missouri River in Central South Dakota, United States, creating Lake Sharpe. The dam was constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as part of the Pick-Sloan Plan for Missouri watershed development authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1944 .
The Big Bend of the Missouri - Discover Lewis & Clark
The huge meander called the Big Bend, or Grand Detour had been a well-known Missouri River landmark for many years when the Corps of Discovery arrived at its lower bend on 19 September 1804.
Missouri River - Wikipedia
The Missouri River officially starts at the confluence of the Jefferson and Madison in Missouri Headwaters State Park near Three Forks, Montana, and is joined by the Gallatin a mile (1.6 km) downstream. It then passes through Canyon Ferry Lake, a reservoir west of …
BIG BEND DAM AND RESERVOIR AREA - U.S. National Park Service
Sep 8, 2008 · Big Bend Dam is located in central South Dakota 987 miles above the mouth of the Missouri River which flows into the Mississippi at St. Louis. The reservoir created by the dam is approximately 80 river-miles in length, extending upstream from the community of Fort Thompson to Pierre, South Dakota.
Omaha District > Missions > Dam and Lake Projects > Missouri River …
Links to pages for the six main stem dam and lake projects on the Missouri River. Cherry Creek, Bear Creek, and Chatfield dams are located near Denver, Colo. The dams are managed and maintained...
South Dakota Missouri River | Lakes and Rivers
The most notable geographical feature of Lake Sharpe is Big Bend, a 25-mile, nearly circular curve the river just north of Fort Thompson, a huge river horse shoe. It can be seen from state recreation area West Bend RA, as well as The Narrows, the …