Foster Lake
Foster Reservoir is a reservoir created by Foster Dam on the South Santiam River in the city of Foster, Oregon, United States. The reservoir is approximately 5.6 km long and covers approximately 494 ha when full.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: reservoir in Linn County, Oregon, United States
- Also known as: “Foster Reregulating Reservoir” and “Foster Reservoir”
- Address: OR
Places of Interest
Highlights include Foster Dam.
Foster Dam
Dam
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Foster Dam is an embankment type rock-fill dam across the South Santiam River near Sweet Home, Oregon, United States. Designed by the Corps of Engineers, it began service on August 22, 1968.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Foster and Sweet Home.
Foster
Hamlet
Photo: Sword Fern, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Foster is an unincorporated community partly within the city of Sweet Home in Linn County, Oregon. It is located on the western end of the Foster Reservoir.
Sweet Home
Photo: Sword Fern, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sweet Home is a city in Linn County, Oregon, United States, with a population of 9,828 at the 2020 census. Sweet Home is referred to as the 'Gateway to the Santiam Playground' due to its proximity to nearby lakes, rivers and the Cascade Mountains.
Foster Lake
- Category: body of water
- Location: Linn, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.41852° or 44° 25′ 7″ northLongitude
-122.63719° or 122° 38′ 14″ westElevation
617 feet (188 metres)Open location code
84PVC997+C4OpenStreetMap ID
way 126628834OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirGeoNames ID
5727350Wikidata ID
Q5473738
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In Other Languages
“Foster Lake” goes by many names.
- French: “Foster Reservoir”
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