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Box Canyon Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Upper Sacramento River impounding Lake Siskiyou reservoir, in Siskiyou County, northern California.[1][2]

Box Canyon Dam
Location	Trinity Mountains, Shasta National Forest, Siskiyou County, California
Coordinates	41.279°N 122.329°W / 41.279; -122.329
Opening date	1970 (dam) 1984 (powerhouse)
Operator(s)	Siskiyou County Flood Control & Water Conservation District and Siskiyou Power Authority
Dam and spillways
Impounds	Upper Sacramento River
Height	209 ft (64 m)
Length	1,100 ft (340 m)
Width (base)	200 feet (61 m)
Reservoir
Creates	Lake Siskiyou
Total capacity	26,000 acre⋅ft (32,000,000 m3)
Surface area	430 acres (170 ha)

Description

The dam and reservoir are located in Box Canyon of the eastern Trinity Mountains and within the Shasta–Trinity National Forest, southwest of the town of Mount Shasta and Mount Shasta peak.

Box Canyon Dam is 1,100 feet (340 m) long and 209 feet (64 m) high. The dam is owned and operated by Siskiyou County's Flood Control & Water Conservation District and Siskiyou Power Authority, and was completed in 1965 to provide flood control.[3] In 1965, a powerhouse was installed to provide hydroelectric power.[4]

Recreation

The Box Canyon Trail begins on the north side of Box Canyon Dam, following the Upper Sacramento River down the narrow canyon to the outskirts of the town of Mount Shasta.[5] The Lake Siskiyou Trail encircles the lake, including a crossing atop the dam.[6][7]

See also

• Dams on the Sacramento River
• List of dams and reservoirs in California

References

External links

• Living Shasta Photography Blog: Lake Siskiyou's Box Canyon Dam — photo gallery, interiors/exteriors of dam + powerhouse.
• "Virtualguidebooks.com: 360 degree view of Box Canyon Dam".

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