| Lake Billy Chinook | |
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.jpg) Lake Billy Chinook | |
  Lake Billy Chinook  Lake Billy Chinook | |
| Location | Jefferson County, Oregon |
| Coordinates | 44°35′21″N 121°21′54″W / 44.58912°N 121.36496°W |
| Type | Reservoir |
| Primary inflows | Crooked, Deschutes, and Metolius rivers |
| Primary outflows | Deschutes River |
| Catchment area | 7,514 square miles (19,500 km2)[1] |
| Basin countries | United States |
| First flooded | 1964 |
| Max. length | 28 mi (45 km) [2] |
| Surface area | 4,000 acres (1,600 ha) [3] |
| Average depth | 102 ft (31 m) [2] |
| Max. depth | 415 ft (126 m) |
| Shore length1 | 72 mi (116 km) [2] |
| Surface elevation | 1,945 ft (593 m) [2] |
| Islands | Chinook Island |
| Settlements | Culver |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Lake Billy Chinook is a reservoir in Jefferson County in the U.S. state of Oregon. Created by the Round Butte Dam in 1964, Lake Billy Chinook lies in a canyon at the confluence of the Crooked, Deschutes, and Metolius rivers near Culver and Madras. It was named for Billy Chinook, a Native American of the Wasco tribe who traveled alongside American explorers John C. Frémont and Kit Carson in their expeditions of 1843 and 1844.[4]
- ^ "Round Butte Dam". NPDP Dam Directory. Stanford University. Archived from the original on March 12, 2012.
- ^ a b c d "Lake Billy Chinook Houseboats". www.lakebillychinook.com.
- ^ "Lake Billy Chinook". 28 June 2012.
- ^ "History of Lake Billy Chinook". Cove Palisades Resort and Marina. Retrieved January 11, 2014.