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Foster Reservoir is a reservoir created by
Lewis Creek Park is a recreation area located on the north shore of the reservoir. The park includes a roped-off swim beach, picnic areas, barbecues, paved trails, lake accessibility for shoreline fishing and boat moorage. The park is operated by the Linn County Parks Department.
Sunnyside Campground is a park located on the eastern edge of Foster Reservoir. The park has 165 campsites including 132 campsites with electrical/water hook-ups, a dump station and restroom/shower facilities. A large day use area includes a playground, a sand volleyball court and lake shore access with picnic tables. There is also a large pond stocked with trout. The park, which is operated by the Linn County Parks Department, also offers a boat ramp and boat moorage.
Boat ramps are also located at Gedney Creek Park on the north side of the reservoir and at Calkins Park on the southeast edge of the reservoir.
Foster Reservoir is a popular destination for a variety of water sports including boating, water skiing and jet skiing. The reservoir has also become a popular location for triathlons and water polo tournaments.
Edgewater, a destination resort development, is located on the southwest edge of Foster Reservoir. Edgewater includes a 49-space RV park, lake-view townhomes and a marina. The marina offers slip rentals by the season, month and week, as well as a variety of recreational boat rentals.
Numerous other private and public campgrounds are located nearby.
* Green Peter Reservoir
* List of lakes in Oregon
Foster Dam
Foster Dam is an embankment type rock-fill dam across the South Santiam River near Sweet Home, Oregon, United States.
Designed by the Corps of Engineers, it began service on August 22, 1968. Its primary purpose is flood control but it also pro ...
on the South Santiam River
The South Santiam River is a tributary of the Santiam River, about long, in western Oregon in the United States. It drains an area of the Cascade Range into the Willamette Valley east of Corvallis.
It rises in the Cascades in southeastern Linn ...
in the city of Foster, Oregon
Foster is an unincorporated community partly within the city of Sweet Home in Linn County, Oregon. It is located on the western end of the Foster Reservoir. A post office named Foster serves ZIP code 97345, which serves areas beyond the Sweet Ho ...
, United States. The reservoir is approximately long and covers approximately when full. Primary use of the reservoir is recreation in the summer and flood control in the winter and spring.
Recreation
Lewis Creek Park is a recreation area located on the north shore of the reservoir. The park includes a roped-off swim beach, picnic areas, barbecues, paved trails, lake accessibility for shoreline fishing and boat moorage. The park is operated by the Linn County Parks Department.
Sunnyside Campground is a park located on the eastern edge of Foster Reservoir. The park has 165 campsites including 132 campsites with electrical/water hook-ups, a dump station and restroom/shower facilities. A large day use area includes a playground, a sand volleyball court and lake shore access with picnic tables. There is also a large pond stocked with trout. The park, which is operated by the Linn County Parks Department, also offers a boat ramp and boat moorage.
Boat ramps are also located at Gedney Creek Park on the north side of the reservoir and at Calkins Park on the southeast edge of the reservoir.
Water sports
Foster Reservoir is a popular destination for a variety of water sports including boating, water skiing and jet skiing. The reservoir has also become a popular location for triathlons and water polo tournaments.
Fishing
Foster Reservoir is stocked with over 40,000rainbow trout
The rainbow trout (''Oncorhynchus mykiss'') is a species of trout native to cold-water tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in Asia and North America. The steelhead (sometimes called "steelhead trout") is an anadromous (sea-run) form of the coasta ...
annually. The reservoir also has kokanee salmon and bass
Bass or Basses may refer to:
Fish
* Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species
Music
* Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range:
** Bass (instrument), including:
** Acoustic bass gui ...
. There are numerous locations for shoreline fishing in addition to boat angling.
Development
Edgewater, a destination resort development, is located on the southwest edge of Foster Reservoir. Edgewater includes a 49-space RV park, lake-view townhomes and a marina. The marina offers slip rentals by the season, month and week, as well as a variety of recreational boat rentals.
Numerous other private and public campgrounds are located nearby.
See also
* Green Peter Reservoir
* List of lakes in Oregon
References
{{authority control Reservoirs in Oregon Lakes of Linn County, Oregon Buildings and structures in Linn County, Oregon Protected areas of Linn County, Oregon Sweet Home, Oregon 1968 establishments in Oregon