Marble Canyon Dam Site

It is 85 miles 125 km from the north rim of the grand canyon via hwy 89a and hwy 67.

Marble canyon dam site.

The proposed dam would have been 300 high and held 393 000 acre feet of water backing up all the way to the foot of glen canyon dam click photo to enlarge image photo. The marble canyon dam also known as the redwall dam was a proposed dam on the colorado river in arizona the dam was intended to impound a relatively small reservoir in the central portion of marble canyon to develop hydroelectric power. We have reviews of the best places to see in marble canyon. Visit top rated must see attractions.

Marble canyon is a section along the canyon of the colorado river from the glen canyon dam at lake powell page arizona to the confluence of the little colorado river. The lees ferry junction and park entrance is in marble canyon just west of navajo bridge interpretive center. Flooding beautiful redwall cavern an eye shaped limestone amphitheater where they ate lunch. 1 800 726 1789 take a break from the hassles of modern life and return to simple traditional living.

Let kelly outfitters take care of all details while you enjoy the scenery and great fishing. Find what to do today this weekend or in october. Excavation tunnel in the east bank of the marble canyon dam site. Lees ferry is 42 miles 61 km from page via hwy 89 south and hwy 89a west.

Book your tickets online for the top things to do in marble canyon arizona on tripadvisor. Po box 6128 marble canyon az 86036 phone. Plans centered on two sites between miles 30 and 40 in the canyon. See 612 traveler reviews and photos of marble canyon tourist attractions.

If built the dam would have flooded everything this group and countless others before them had just passed through inundating the beaches where they slept. The key location in marble canyon is lee s ferry where river runners launch their boats for excursions on the. Mark buchanan and paul hirt. Marble canyon lodge hwy 89a marble canyon arizona 86036 united states phone.

The holes in the rock the students saw at river mile 39 were at the location of one of two proposed sites for a marble canyon dam. The grand canyon officially begins below this confluence. The dam would serve mainly for hydropower production in conjunction with several others further upstream including marble canyon dam on the colorado green and other rivers. Due to its enormous potential for environmental destruction and the dwindling flows of the colorado river the project stalled in 1968 after years of public opposition.

This is one of two dams proposed for grand canyon but abandoned because of public opposition.