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VISITOR INFORMATION
Getting
There
Web
Guides
Attractions
Grand Coulee Dam
Cool
Facts
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Communities
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Washington
Cascade
Mountains
North East
North West
Olympic
Peninsula
Puget Sound
San Juan
Islands
South
Central
South East
South West
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Population
1,130
Main
Industries
90% of the
population gain their livelihood in connection with the operation of the
dam.
Location
The city of Coulee Dam lies on the
northern upstream side of Grand Coulee Dam. It straddles both sides of
the Columbia River, both above and below the dam. The builders of the houses and
businesses lying at the base of the spillway appear to have placed their
faith in the sturdiness of a dam built to last thousands of years!
Getting
to Coulee Dam
 Road
Main routes in are WA-155 from the
north and south, and WA-174 from the east and west. Closest national
highway is US2 to the
south.
Air
Mansfield
Airport is 63 miles to the west, and Wilbur Airport
is 20 miles to the southeast.
Rail
The daily Amtrak passenger
service the Empire Builder runs between
Seattle/Portland and Chicago. Nearby depot is in Ephrata, 60 miles to
the south.
Web
Guides Grand
Coulee Dam Area Visitors' Guide
Lots of information on the dam, outdoor recreation, events, the Colville
Tribal Museum and more. (A joint project by the Chamber and the Star
Newspaper.) Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce.
306 Midway Avenue,
P.O. Box 760,
Grand Coulee, WA 99133. Phone: 509-633-3074. E-mail. Starline
Online edition of The Star, a weekly newspaper serving the Grand Coulee Dam
area.
star@televar.com Attractions Grand
Coulee Dam
The mammoth dam stretches nearly a mile in length and is nearly 46 stories
tall and provides hydroelectric power for much of the western states of the US
and for British Columbia, Canada. Coulee
Dam National Recreation Area
Old name for the NRA. (On the National Park Foundation web
site.) Franklin
D Roosevelt Lake NRA
The damming of the Columbia River created the 130-mile long Franklin D Roosevelt Lake.
Boating, water-skiing, swimming and fishing all happen in the lake.
(A National Park
Service's web page.)
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