Glacier View Dam
| Glacier View Dam | |
|---|---|
Glacier View Dam as proposed | |
| Location | Flathead County, near West Glacier, Montana, USA |
| Coordinates | 48°36′42″N 114°09′11″W / 48.61167°N 114.15306°W |
| Construction began | Proposal only |
| Operator(s) | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Impounds | North Fork Flathead River |
| Height | 416 ft (127 m) |
| Length | 2,100 ft (640 m) |
| Spillway type | Gated side-channel spillway |
| Reservoir | |
| Creates | Glacier View Reservoir |
| Total capacity | 3,160,000 acre-feet (3.90 km3) |
| Surface area | 48 square miles (120 km2) |
| Power Station | |
| Turbines | 3 x 70 MW turbines |
| Installed capacity | 210 MW |
Glacier View Dam was proposed in 1943 on the North Fork of the Flathead River, on the western border of Glacier National Park in Montana. The 416-foot (127 m) tall dam, to be designed and constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the canyon between Huckleberry Mountain and Glacier View Mountain, would have flooded in excess of 10,000 acres (4,000 ha) of the park. In the face of determined opposition from the National Park Service and conservation groups, the dam was never built.