Wolf Creek Reservoir is a impoundment located within the

Elkhorn Mountains The Elkhorn Mountains are a mountain range in southwestern Montana, part of the Rocky Mountains and are roughly 300,000 acres (1200 km²) in size. It is an inactive volcanic mountain range with the highest point being Crow Peak at , right n ...

in eastern

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 ...

. The water is relatively clear and provides good trout fishing. The reservoir is located north of Haines and is fed by Wolf Creek from the Elkhorn Mountains in the Powder River basin. It is one of two existing water storage sites of the

North Powder River The North Powder River is a tributary of the Powder River (Oregon), Powder River in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Oregon. Fed by water from three small, high-elevation lakes, it begins in the Elkhorn Mountains (Oregon), Elkhorn Mount ...

with a storage capacity of 10,800 acre-feet.

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{{reflist Elkhorn Mountains, Oregon