Green Lake (

Tlingit The Tlingit ( or ; also spelled Tlinkit) are indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America. Their language is the Tlingit language (natively , pronounced ),

lake A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...

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 ...

south of

Sitka, Alaska russian: Ситка , native_name_lang = tli , settlement_type = Consolidated city-borough , image_skyline = File:Sitka 84 Elev 135.jpg , image_caption = Downtown Sitka in 1984 , image_size ...

. It is fed by the Vodopad River and outflows into Silver Bay. The Medvejie Fish Hatchery short-term rears smolt (

juvenile salmon Fish go through various life stages between fertilization and adulthood. The life of a fish start as spawned eggs which hatch into immotile larvae. These larval hatchlings are not yet capable of feeding themselves and carry a yolk sac whic ...

) in net pens in Green Lake. The lake is artificially expanded by the Green Lake Dam. The rock-fill embankment dam is long. Annually Green Lake Dam generates about 60 gigawatt hours of electricity. Green Lake Dam works in tandem with the Blue Lake Dam to provide hydropower to Sitka. Green Lake height before damming was .

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Reservoirs in Alaska Lakes of Sitka, Alaska Glacial lakes of the United States Buildings and structures in Sitka, Alaska Protected areas of Sitka, Alaska {{SitkaAK-geo-stub