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  Grand Coulee Dam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Grand Coulee Dam is a hydroelectric gravity dam on the Columbia River in Washington, built by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser.
The expansion was completed in the early eighties and made the Grand Coulee Dam one of the largest hydroelectric producers in the world.
The Grand Coulee and Chief Joseph Dams permanently block anadromous fish, removing over a thousand miles of their traditional spawning grounds.
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 AllRefer.com - Grand Coulee Dam, United States (U.S. Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia
Grand Coulee Dam[kOO´lE] Pronunciation Key, 550 ft (168 m) high and 4,173 ft (1,272 m) long, on the Columbia River, N central Wash., NW of Spokane; built 1933–42 as a key unit in the Columbia basin project of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.
Grand Coulee Dam, one of the world's largest concrete dams, is used for flood control, river navigation, irrigation, and power production that services the varied manufacturing in the area.
The coulee, dammed at each end, is used as a reservoir (Banks Lake); it supplies water to more than 500,000 acres (202,343 hectares) on the plateau and acts as a backup against pump and power failures.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/G/GrandCou.html   (359 words)

  
 History of Coulee City   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
A picturesque, and perhaps one of the most interesting of the small communities in the Grand Coulee area from a historical point of view, is situated on a level piece of ground in the bed of the Grand Coulee.
Coulee City's history really dates from the building of the Central Railroad to that point, or more properly, from the contemplated construction of the road to the crossing of the Grand Coulee.
Coulee City no longer bears a strong resemblance to the town as it first appeared in 1890.
www.couleecity.com /couleehistory.htm   (1084 words)

  
 Coulee Community Hospital
It is the mission of Coulee Community Hospital, Nursing Home and the Coulee Family Medicine Clinic to provide the highest quality healthcare possible in a rural community, cost effectively, with each patient being treated in a courteous and respectful manner.
Coulee Community Hospital was privately owned during part of its history and due to financial difficulties, was closed for short periods.
Because Coulee Community Hospital believes in its role as community educator and service provider in the area of health and wellness, a varied assortment of free or low cost programs and services are offered to community members of all ages.
www.couleecommhosp.org /about   (2490 words)

  
 Grand Coulee Dam, Washington, USA
Grand Coulee is a hydroelectric dam, and part of the Columbia River Hydro System, a series of 14 dams harnessing the energy of the mighty Columbia River.
Grand Coulee Dam is the largest U.S. producer of hydro-electric energy, generating 6,800 of the 35,000 megawatts of electricity generated by the System.
Grand Coulee Dam also provides water that irrigates over 500,000 acres of eastern Washington, and without which much of the farming you see would not be possible.
www.gonorthwest.com /Washington/northeast/Dam/Grand-Coulee-Dam.htm   (593 words)

  
 Grand Coulee Dam -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The reservoir it backs up is called (additional info and facts about Franklin Delano Roosevelt Lake) Franklin Delano Roosevelt Lake, named after the United States (The chief executive of a republic) president who presided over the conception and completion of the dam.
The Grand Coulee and (Leader of the Nez Perce in their retreat from United States troops (1840-1904)) Chief Joseph Dams permanently block (additional info and facts about anadromous) anadromous fish, removing over a thousand miles of their traditional spawning grounds.
The (additional info and facts about Colville) Colville tribe lived along the Columbia River, and after the dam was built their lands were flooded and they were forced to move.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/gr/grand_coulee_dam.htm   (821 words)

  
 FMR - Sand Coulee Restoration   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
A panoramic view of the Sand Coulee, a dry barrens prairie remnant southeast of Hastings, Minnesota, that local landowners, Friends of the Mississippi River, and the DNR are restoring.
Sand Coulee landowners, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and Friends of the Mississippi River (FMR) have begun a stewardship project to remove non-native and invasive species and to encourage native species.
While the Sand Coulee is privately owned, FMR offers occasional opportunities for small groups to tour the area or to participate in management tasks, such as seed collection.
www.fmr.org /sand_coulee_profile.html   (990 words)

  
 Chipmunk Coulee Pioneers and their Early German Methodist Church
Godfrey Eggler of Mormon Coulee, a relative of the Nesslers and Housers, succeeded Mr.
The Chipmunk Coulee congregation worshipped in the log schoolhouse in Starch Coulee until 1862, when a modest frame church was built on property donated to the church trustees by Jakob Bendel.
The main grain crops raised in the Coulee were spring and winter wheat, oats, and barley, with the occasional field of buckwheat or rye.
www.lacrosselibrary.org /digital/chipmunkcoulee/chipmunk.htm   (19214 words)

  
 BUILDING BIG: Databank: Grand Coulee Dam   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The Grand Coulee Dam, located on the Columbia River in central Washington, is the largest single producer of electricity in the United States.
Made from 12 million cubic yards of concrete, the Grand Coulee Dam is also one of the largest concrete structures in the world.
The Grand Coulee Dam is the largest producer of hydroelectric power in the United States and the third largest hydroelectric facility in the world.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/buildingbig/wonder/structure/grand_coulee.html   (279 words)

  
 East Coulee - Ghost Town
East Coulee, lying about 10 miles east of Drumheller in central-east Alberta, was once a thriving coal mining town which had a population of over 3,000 people.
East Coulee has plenty of old buildings, abandoned mines, hoodos, fossils, and unusual scenery to keep the ghost towner occupied for quite a while.
Although East Coulee still has about 200 residents, there are many homes in the townsite and area abandoned.
www.ghosttowns.com /canada/alberta/eastcoulee.html   (221 words)

  
 Washington - Moses Coulee Preserve
The Moses Coulee Preserve contains one of the largest contiguous and intact areas of shrub-steppe habitat remaining in Washington.
Moses Coulee was created during the last Ice Age (between 12,000 and 20,000 years ago) by one of several gigantic floods that gushed from present-day Montana to the Pacific Ocean, carving out huge channels and coulees across Eastern Washington.
Inventory work later showed that the coulee provided habitat for a broad variety of declining shrub-steppe and riparian plants and animals.
nature.org /wherewework/northamerica/states/washington/preserves/art6913.html   (310 words)

  
 Grand Coulee, WA Comprehensive Plan
This comprehensive plan was prepared by the City of Grand Coulee in accordance with Section 36.70A.070 of the Growth Management Act to address growth issues in the City of Grand Coulee and its adjacent urban growth areas.
The City of Grand Coulee has been directed to identify the concerns and goals of the community, to prioritize these goals, and to plan for how these goals will be achieved.
The City of Grand Coulee should encourage the local economy by providing a predictable development atmosphere, emphasize diversity in the range of goods and services, and ensure that as the economy changes employment opportunities are balanced with a range of housing opportunities.
www.mrsc.org /govdocs/G73-INTR.aspx   (4922 words)

  
 Field Trip to Mars Page 7 - Grand Coulee Dam
Just before we enter Grand Coulee we could take an optional short (3 mile) side trip on State Highway 174 East to look at some pillow basalt.
The huge sand pile in the background (center) is left over from construction and although used to sand the icy roads in the winter still dwarfs the town of Coulee Dam.
Continuing down the hill in front of the dam we cross a bridge to Coulee Dam.
www.kidscosmos.org /kid-stuff/mars-trip-7.html   (640 words)

  
 Field Trip to Mars Page 6a - Coulee City to Grand Coulee-2
The Grand Coulee begins to widen and soon we see a large flat island on our left.
Steamboat Rock is a huge island of layered basalt in the channel of the eastern end of Lower Grand Coulee.
This is where Grand Coulee Dam was built, also.
www.kidscosmos.org /kid-stuff/mars-trip-6a.html   (638 words)

  
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The centerpiece is the Grand Coulee Dam, which was built primarily as an irrigation project by the Bureau of Reclamation.
This lake was formed by damming both ends of Grand Coulee, which is one of the geological formations that dates back to ice age floods.
The Grand Coulee Dam is also used as a hydroelectric project and has the capacity to generate more electricity than any other hydroelectric project in North America.
www.fwee.org /c-basin.html   (2885 words)

  
 Grand Coulee : Introduction | Frommers.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Grand Coulee, formerly a wide, dry valley, is a geologic anomaly left over from the last Ice Age.
Located at the northern end of the Grand Coulee, Grand Coulee Dam is considered one of the greatest engineering marvels of the 20th century.
That did not happen until the 1950s when Dry Falls Dam was built at the south end of the coulee and waters from Roosevelt Lake were used to fill the Grand Coulee and form 31-mile-long Banks Lake.
www.frommers.com /destinations/grandcoulee/2822010001.html   (419 words)

  
 Grand Coulee : Attractions | Frommers.com
The accompanying narration is broadcast over the radio at 90.1 FM and tells the history of Grand Coulee and the dam.
There is also a self-guided walking tour through historic Coulee Dam, the government town built to house workers during the construction of the dam.
Some 30 miles down the Grand Coulee, just south of Coulee City on Wash. 17, you can have a look at a natural wonder that's as impressive as the dam.
www.frommers.com /destinations/grandcoulee/2822010029.html   (794 words)

  
 The Coulee Corridor Scenic Byway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The Coulee Corridor Scenic Byway, 100 miles along Washington State Routes 17 and 155, from Othello to Grand Coulee is more than just a scenic road.
Stand at the lower end of the Grand Coulee and imagine the 1000 foot wall of flood water that carved this canyon.
During the early stages of the Columbia Basin formation, granite rock was slowly created by heat and pressure deep in the crust of the earth.
www.couleecorridor.org   (405 words)

  
 Recreation.gov   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Grand Coulee Dam, Columbia Basin Project, located on the Columbia River in Washington, is one of the largest concrete structures in the world.
The original (or main) dam is a straight-gravity type, massive concrete structure consisting of a river overflow spillway section, 1,650 feet long and adjoining abutment sections which give the original dam a total crest length of 4,173 feet.
The Visitor Arrival Center at Grand Coulee Dam is closed through the spring of 2005 while it is undergoing modifications for seismic standards and remodeling.
www.recreation.gov /detail.cfm?ID=(1889)   (233 words)

  
 Grand Coulee, WA Exposure Control Plan
The purpose of the Bloodborne Pathogens Standard (BPS) is to "reduce occupational exposure to Hepatitis B Virus (HBV), Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and other bloodborne pathogens" that employees may encounter in their work place.
THE CITY OF GRAND COULEE believes that there are a number of "good general principles" that should be followed when working with bloodborne pathogens.
Each employee of the Grand Coulee Police Department shall be issued a copy, to be kept in their Procedure Manual.
www.mrsc.org /govdocs/G73-EXPO.aspx   (4252 words)

  
 Fishing near the Inn Serendipity Woods Cabin
Locally these valleys are called "coulees" and the area is known as the "coulee region," or Coulee Country.
Almost every coulee sports a small river or stream, and many of these creeks are small enough to hop over, especially in their upper sections.
Famed stretches of Timber Coulee Creek, Bohemian Valley Creek, and Rullands Creek are known for their enormous populations of small, wild browns.
www.innserendipity.com /woods/fishing.html   (1102 words)

  
 Grand Coulee Dam on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Washington's Grand Coulee Dam churns out the power and draws the tourists.
Indian Issues: Spokane Tribe's Additional Compensation Claim for the Grand Coulee Dam.
Tourists in front of a bust of Franklin D. Roosevelt at the Grand Coulee Dam.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/G/GrandC1ou.asp   (587 words)

  
 Dry Falls, Washington, USA.
The landscape we see today is one with hundreds of small lakes, flat-top mountains, and canyons known as "coulees" (ravines and ancient basins of waterfalls, some still holding water).
Grand Coulee Canyon, at 50 miles in length, and 1 to 5 miles across, is the largest of the channels gouged by a deluge.
It is a feature of Grand Coulee Canyon, which is itself part of the Channeled Scablands that cover three-quarters of eastern Washington.
www.gonorthwest.com /Washington/northeast/Dry_Falls.htm   (857 words)

  
 Grand Coulee Dam tab by Guthrie Woody (v1) @ Guitar Tab Universe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Grand Coulee Dam by Woody Guthrie G C Well the world has seven wonders, the travelers always tell: D G Some gardens and some towers, I guess you know them well.
She heads up the Canadian Rockies where the rippling waters glide, Comes a-rumbling down the canyon to meet that salty tide Of the wide Pacific Ocean where the sun sets in the west, And the big Grand Coulee country in the land I love the best.
She tore their boats to splinters but she gave men dreams to dream Of the day the Coulee Dam would cross that wild and wasted stream.
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 Coulee Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The School in the Coulee program uses classroom and community - based experiences to make the district curriculum relevant and meaningful to a student living in the Coulee Region.
The Coulee teachers have organized the School District of La Crosse curriculum into monthly themes, questions, and problems for students to explore.
This innovatively organized and structured curriculum demands high academic standards and facilitates an environment that encourages students to be effective writers, advanced readers, and capable problem-solvers.
www.lacrosseschools.com /longfellow/sc   (235 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Grand Coulee: Harnessing a Dream: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Those were among the accolades frequently lavished on Grand Coulee Dam and the Columbia Basin Irrigation Project.
In the capable hands of Paul Pitzer, the fight for Grand Coulee Dam and the Columbia Basin Project is a vital, animated saga of people strving for dazzling goals and then working to build something spectacular.
This 500 page book provides an in depth look at the Grand Coulee Dam in north-central Washington state and the politics and decsions which made the dam what it is today.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0874221102?v=glance   (737 words)

  
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The waterfall with an isolated pedestal in the foreground
There are roads from the east and north that offer access to public hunting and fishing, but the coulees require fairly long hikes.
The sediment on the valley floor is thick flood sand and gravel.
www.uwsp.edu /geo/projects/geoweb/participants/dutch/VTrips/FrenchCoulee.htm   (654 words)

  
 GRAND COULEE DAM WASHINGTON
This is a fundraiser for health interventions to overcome childhood obesity in the area and The Grand Coulee Area Chamber of Commerce.
In Grand Coulee turn right on Hwy 155 north and head north until you pass the Grand Coulee Dam.
In the Town of Coulee Dam cross the bridge and continue up the hill to Mason City Park.
www.overthedamrun.com   (1559 words)

  
 Ming Coulee Outfitters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Ming Coulee Outfitters operates year round, and has been a licensed outfitter since 1976.
Ming Coulee Outfitters is located 35 miles southeast of Great Falls, Montana.
It is situated between Logging Creek to the east and Smith River to the west and is adjacent to the Lewis and Clark National Forest.
visitmt.com /categories/moreinfo.asp?IDRRecordId=2550&SiteId=1   (176 words)

  
 Coulee Creek Labrador Retrievers
At Coulee Creek, we breed Labs that are nice to look at and capable in the field while
Coulee Creek's Katy-Did-It and her handler/owner, Pat Dickinson helped at the WTC tragedy.  They were one of four "Mental Health-Animal Assisted Crisis Response Teams" brought in by The Red Cross.  Click HERE for more of their story and how they made a WTC family a part of our family.
Four generation photo of Coulee Creek Labs with the Miller and Thake families of St. Louis
www.couleecreeklabradors.com   (246 words)

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