Paradise Dam (Montana)
| Paradise Dam | |
|---|---|
Paradise Dam as proposed | |
| Location | Sanders County, near Paradise, Montana, USA |
| Coordinates | 47°24′57″N 114°50′00″W / 47.41583°N 114.83333°W |
| Status | Cancelled |
| Operator(s) | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Impounds | Clark Fork River and Flathead River |
| Height | 250 ft (76 m) |
| Length | 3,750 ft (1,140 m) |
| Spillway type | Gated spillway |
| Reservoir | |
| Creates | Paradise Reservoir |
| Total capacity | 4,080,000 acre-feet (5.03 km3) |
| Surface area | 103 square miles (270 km2) |
| Power Station | |
| Turbines | 8 x 72 MW turbines, 6 additional to be installed later |
| Installed capacity | 576 MW initially 1000 MW in a later phase |
Paradise Dam was a proposed dam on the Clark Fork River in Montana. It was proposed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as an alternative to the construction of Glacier View Dam on the western boundary of Glacier National Park, to capture the flow of the Flathead River. The earth embankment dam was planned to be about 250 feet (76 m) high, impounding a reservoir of 4,080,000 acre-feet (5.03 km3). While it was viewed as a desirable power generation and water storage project by the Corps of Engineers, it was opposed by those it would displace from towns and productive agricultural lands, and was never built.