The North Fork Dam is on the

Clackamas River The Clackamas River is an approximately tributary of the Willamette River in northwestern Oregon, in the United States. Draining an area of about , the Clackamas flows through mostly forested and rugged mountainous terrain in its upper reaches, a ...

, about five miles upriver from

Estacada, Oregon Estacada is a city in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States, about southeast of Portland. The 2020 population is estimated to be 3,700. According to the 2010 census, the population in 2010 was 2,695. It is the 89th largest city in Oregon and t ...

. It was built in 1958. The

North Fork Reservoir North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. Etymology The word ''north'' is ...

is behind it.

Construction

It is a concrete arched dam, 206 feet high and 676 feet long, is thin-shell of variable thickness. It varies in thickness from 32 feet at the base to 8 feet wide at the top.

The fish ladder

North Fork's construction entailed the building of the 1.9-mile-long North Fork

Fish Ladder A fish ladder, also known as a fishway, fish pass, fish steps, or fish cannon is a structure on or around artificial and natural barriers (such as dams, locks and waterfalls) to facilitate diadromous fishes' natural migration as well as movemen ...

, one of the longest in the world. It also required a complex system to provide for downstream fish passage around the dam.

References

External links

North Fork Reservoir Additional Information - Oregon State Marine Board

A map

Helping Fish Find Their Way Up The Clackamas

The elevation, latitude and longitude
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