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Lake Sakakawea State Park
Lake Sakakawea State Park is the western terminus of the 7,400 km (4,600 mi) North Country National Scenic Trail which is a National Millennium Trail that crosses the northern rim of the continental United States to Port Henry, New York. The park was originally developed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as Garrison Lake State Park. In 1965 the North Dakota Parks and Recreation Department assumed management of the park and renamed it Lake Sakakawea State Park in honor of the Shoshone/Hidatsa woman Sakakawea who guided the Lewis and Clark Expedition up the Missouri River from Fort Mandan in April 1805.
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Statistics
Surface area: 368,000 acres (1,500 km²)
Length: 178 miles (286 km)
Shoreline: 1,300 miles (2,000 km)
Water storage: 23 million acre feet (28 km³)
Garrison dam construction: 1947 to 1953; $300 million; 9 million truckloads of dirt; as 80,000 yd³ (60,000 m³) of earth being moved daily.
Maximum water depth: 180 ft (55 m) at the face of the dam
Dam length: 12,000 ft (3.6 km)
Dam height: 210 ft (64 m)
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