Wanapum Lake
Wanapum Lake is a reservoir on the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington. It was created in 1963 with the construction of Wanapum Dam. It stretches from there upstream to the Rock Island Dam. The lake is named for the Wanapum people.Photo: Coemgenus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: reservoir on the Columbia River in central Washington state, United States of America
- Also known as: “Lake Wanapum”, “Wanapum Dam Reservoir”, and “Wanapum Reservoir”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wanapum Dam.
Wanapum Dam
Power station
Photo: Williamborg, Public domain.
Wanapum Dam is a run-of-the-river hydroelectric project located on the Columbia River downstream from Vantage, Washington where Interstate 90 crosses the Columbia from Grant County into Kittitas County.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beverly and Schwana.
Beverly
Hamlet
Beverly, Washington, United States, is a small unincorporated community along the banks of the Columbia River in central Washington state. The community, which consists of a few hundred residents, is a few miles downriver from Wanapum Dam and is nestled at the base of Sentinel Gap, a water gap in the Saddle Mountains that predates the Columbia River. Beverly is situated 3½ miles southeast of Wanapum Lake.
Schwana
Hamlet
Schwana is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Grant County, Washington, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 215. Schwana is situated 4 miles southeast of Wanapum Lake.
Vantage
Village
Vantage is a census-designated place in Kittitas County, Washington, United States. The population was 54 at the 2020 census. Vantage is situated 5 miles north of Wanapum Lake.
Wanapum Lake
- Category: body of water
- Location: Kittitas, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Wanapum Lake from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From French to Welsh—“Wanapum Lake” goes by many names.
- French: “Lake Wanapum”
- Italian: “lago Wanapum”
- Italian: “Lago Wanapum”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Wanapum Lake”
- Welsh: “Llyn Wanapum”
- “Wanapum”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Wanapum Village and Doris.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Wanapum Dam and Middle Canyon.
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