Garrison Dam
Garrison Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Missouri River in central North Dakota, U.S. Constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from 1947 to 1953, at over two miles in length, the dam is the fifth-largest earthen dam in the world.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lake Sakakawea State Park.
Lake Sakakawea State Park
Park
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Lake Sakakawea State Park is a public recreation area occupying 739 acres on the southern shore of Lake Sakakawea in Mercer County, North Dakota, United States. The state park is located adjacent to the Garrison Dam, one mile north of Pick City. Lake Sakakawea State Park is situated 2½ miles northwest of Garrison Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Riverdale and Pick City.
Riverdale
Village
Riverdale is a town in McLean County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 223 at the 2020 census. Riverdale was the largest of the construction camps that sprang up in 1946 to house workers building the Garrison Dam just to the west. Riverdale is situated 2 miles east of Garrison Dam.
Pick City
Village
Pick City is a city in Mercer County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 123 at the 2020 census. Pick City was founded in 1946 and named after Lewis A. Pick City is situated 2 miles northwest of Garrison Dam.
Garrison Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: embankment dam on the Missouri River in central North Dakota, United States
- Categories: embankment dam and hydroelectric power station
- Location: Unorganized Territory of Underwood, McLean, North Dakota, Great Plains, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Garrison Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Garrison Dam”
- French: “barrage Garrison”
- French: “Barrage Garrison”
- Japanese: “ガリソンダム”
- Malayalam: “Garrison Dam”
- Malayalam: “ഗാരിസൺ അണക്കെട്ട്”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Garrison-demningen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Garrisondemningen”
- Norwegian: “Garrisondemningen”
- Spanish: “Garrison Dam”
- Spanish: “Presa Garrison”
- Swedish: “Garrison Dam”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Гаррісон”
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