Impounds Upper Sacramento River Width (base) 200 feet (61 m) Surface area 174 ha | Length 1,100 ft (340 m) Height 64 m Create Lake Siskiyou | |
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Location Trinity Mountains,
Shasta National Forest,
Siskiyou County, California Opening date 1970 (dam)
1984 (powerhouse) Operator(s) Siskiyou County Flood Control & Water Conservation District
and Siskiyou Power Authority Address W A Barr Rd, Mt Shasta, CA 96067, USA Similar Lake Siskiyou, John C Boyle Dam, Castle Lake, Mount Eddy, Lewiston Lake | ||
Box Canyon Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Upper Sacramento River impounding Lake Siskiyou reservoir, in Siskiyou County, northern California.
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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 1970 to provide flood control. In 1984, a powerhouse was installed to provide hydroelectric power.
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. The Lake Siskiyou Trail encircles the lake, including a crossing atop the dam.