Lake Bonneville is a

reservoir A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation. Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...

on the

Columbia River The Columbia River (Upper Chinook: ' or '; Sahaptin: ''Nch’i-Wàna'' or ''Nchi wana''; Sinixt dialect'' '') is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The river rises in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, C ...

in the

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s of

Oregon Oregon () is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of it ...

and

Washington Washington commonly refers to: * Washington (state), United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A metonym for the federal government of the United States ** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered on ...

. It was created in 1937 with the construction of

Bonneville Dam Bonneville Lock and Dam consists of several run-of-the-river dam structures that together complete a span of the Columbia River between the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington at River Mile 146.1. The dam is located east of Portland, Oregon, ...

. The reservoir stretches between it and

The Dalles Dam The Dalles Dam is a concrete-gravity run-of-the-river dam spanning the Columbia River, two miles (3 km) east of the city of The Dalles, Oregon, United States. It joins Wasco County, Oregon with Klickitat County, Washington, 300 miles (309&nbs ...

, upstream. It lies in parts of three counties in Oregon ( Multnomah, Hood River,

Wasco Wasco is the name of four places in the United States: Places United States * Wasco, California, a city in California ** Wasco State Prison, located in Wasco, California * Wasco, Illinois, a former hamlet (unincorporated town) in Illinois, now pa ...

) and two in Washington ( Skamania, Klickitat).

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Lakes of Hood River County, Oregon Bodies of water of Klickitat County, Washington Lakes of Multnomah County, Oregon Reservoirs in Washington (state) Reservoirs in Oregon Lakes of Skamania County, Washington Lakes of Wasco County, Oregon Buildings and structures in Hood River County, Oregon Buildings and structures in Klickitat County, Washington Buildings and structures in Multnomah County, Oregon Buildings and structures in Skamania County, Washington Buildings and structures in Wasco County, Oregon Protected areas of Hood River County, Oregon Protected areas of Klickitat County, Washington Protected areas of Multnomah County, Oregon Protected areas of Skamania County, Washington Protected areas of Wasco County, Oregon 1937 establishments in Oregon 1937 establishments in Washington (state) {{SkamaniaCountyWA-geo-stub

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