Lake Sherburne
Reservoir in Glacier National Park, part of the Milk River Project.
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Lake Sherburne is a reservoir in the Many Glacier region of Glacier National Park, in the U.S. state of Montana. It was formed by Lake Sherburne Dam, which held back Swiftcurrent Creek and was constructed between 1914 and 1921. The lake stretches nearly 6 mi when full and serves as the principal water storage component of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Milk River Project, providing irrigation water to north central Montana farms. The name comes from early settler and businessman Joseph H. Sherburne, who had a summer cabin on the shore of what was then called Sherburne Lakes.
Background
Joseph H. Sherburne settled in the Browning area in 1896 and ran the Sherburne Mercantile Company, with stores in Browning, Babb, and East Glacier. He built a cabin for his family's summer use on the shore of what became known as Sherburne Lakes (plural). After the dam was built in 1919, the name was revised to Lake Sherburne.
The dam's construction between 1914 and 1921 filled several small lakes and highly productive river transition and wetland areas. Because of fluctuating water levels, the surrounding area supports little vegetation. Despite this, trumpeter swans are often observed along the lake in the spring and fall.
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Sources
Compiled from Wikipedia and the sources listed below. Text from Wikipedia is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is adapted from it.
- Wikipedia: Lake Sherburne (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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