Talk:Lake Sakakawea

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This page states the power generation capacity as 240 megawatts, but [1] states .515 megawatts. Pud 08:56, 27 Jun 2004 (UTC)

I'd have to agree:

"The dam produces enough electricity to supply the electrical needs of a city the size of Omaha, Nebraska, and its 350,000 people." [2]

That suggests a power level in the hundreds of kilowatts, not megawatts.

--Alexwcovington 10:25, 27 Jun 2004 (UTC)

What was I thinking! http://www.nwo.usace.army.mil/html/Lake_Proj/garrison/dam.html says 515,000 KW, which is 515 Mw, not .515 Mw, I mis-read it. Also, the annual generated electricty as noted by the USACE is 1.8 to 2.6 billion kilowatt-hours, which divides down to 205-296megawatts continuous production.

So, Alexwcovington, your edit from June 14 that states 240 megewatts was right. My apologies.

Pud 17:28, 27 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Ok, I fixed the power numbers and added the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Garrison Dam link. Again, my apologies for the wrong number.

Pud 17:51, 27 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Draining the lake[edit]

Should something be added to mention that the Coprs of Engineers are draining the lake? I was thinking something like the following:

"In spite of the fact that the lake is used for drinking water for the region, the Army Corps of Engineers insist that downstream navigation needs to be maintained, even at the cost of the local area."

<start extreme sarcasm>Too POV perhaps?</sarcasm> Seriously though, something should be mentioned about the dropping water levels....

Just a suggestion.... - NDCompuGeek 15:43, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Move up?[edit]

If Lake Mead and Powell keep drying up will this Lake soon pass them? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.110.221.182 (talk • contribs)

Shoreline?[edit]

The article states that the normal shoreline is 1320 miles. Looking at the map, that seems suspect. The lake looks no larger than 2 miles "long" (North to South), and 1320 miles is roughly the distance from New York to Dallas. -LesPaul75 _talk 06:01, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Apparently this is actually the entire lake. Google Maps has it poorly labeled. 1320 miles does not seem unlikely, looking at the larger map. -LesPaul75 _talk 06:17, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sacajawea/Sakakawea[edit]

Why is the lake referred to as Sacajawea in the article? Regardless of how you think we should refer to the historical woman, Lake Sakakawea is, I believe, always referred to as Lake Sakakawea. Right? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.136.131.68 (talk) 03:37, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Photo orientation[edit]

Why isn't the photo orientated with north facing up and the photo flipped? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.3.114.9 (talk) 04:31, 20 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Lake area math check[edit]

307,000 acres != 480 square miles.

Which (if either) of the two figures are correct?

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What is the citation for these statements?[edit]

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“The creation of the lake forced the displacement of members of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation from their villages of Van Hook and (Old) Sanish, which were inundated by creation of the lake. It is notable that predominately white towns were purposefully spared by the Army Corps. Members of the tribe received essentially no compensation for their forced displacement. In addition, the United States Congress, guided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, prevented the tribe from allowing their cattle to drink from the reservoir.” 64.140.180.215 (talk) 23:23, 6 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Lake Sakakawea[edit]

The article posted us very biased and just not true about the Indians. Whoever wrote this is a bleeding heart liberal and should learn the real history and not make it up as they write. Prutledge1 (talk) 19:40, 2 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]