Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake

General data

Name: Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake
Basin: Columbia River
Water type: Artificial lake
Progression: Columbia River -> Columbia River Estuary -> Pacific Ocean -> Planet Earth
Climates: Temperate
Continents: North America
Countries: United States of America

Description

Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake (also called Lake Roosevelt) is the reservoir created in 1941 by the impoundment of the Columbia River by the Grand Coulee Dam in Washington state. It is named for Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was president during the construction of the dam. Covering 125 square miles (80,000 acres), it stretches about 150 miles (240 km) from the Canada–US border to Grand Coulee Dam, with over 600 miles (970 km) of shoreline; by surface area it is the largest lake and reservoir in Washington It is the home of the Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area. The reservoir lies in parts of five counties in northeastern Washington; roughly in descending order of lake acreage they are Ferry, Stevens, Lincoln, Okanogan, and Grant counties.

Cypriniformes - Carps

Common carp (Cyprinus carpio)

Tench (Tinca tinca)

Northern pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus oregonensis)

Longnose dace (Rhinichthys cataractae)

Siluriformes - Catfishes

Brown bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus)

Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus)

Yellow bullhead (Ameiurus natalis)

Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts

Brown trout (Salmo trutta)

Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)

Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)

Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)

Bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus)

Gadiformes - Cods

Burbot (Lota lota)

Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes

Largemouth bass (Micropterus nigricans)

Smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu)

Black crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus)

Perciformes - Perches

American yellow perch (Perca flavescens)

Walleye (Sander vitreus)

Catches