Saturday, August 27, 2011

Jenny & Jackson Lakes in GrandTeton National Park

Jenny Lake, formed by melting glaciers about 60,000 years ago, is a beautiful blue mountain lake set in the heart of Grand Teton National Park, at the base of Teewinot Mountain. On the west side, the lake touches the Teton Mountain Range. The lake is about 260 feet deep at the deepest point.


The largest lake in Grand Teton National Park, Jackson Lake covers 25,540 acres and reaches a maximum depth of 438 feet.  Photos were taken near Signal Mountain Lodge.
 
The Snake River emerges from the dam and flows about 800 miles through Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington to its mouth on the Columbia River in eastern Washington. The chief purpose of the dam is to provide water storage for irrigation in the Snake River basin in the state of Idaho as part of the Minidoka Project. Jackson Lake is a natural lake but its depth was increased by the dam to provide water storage
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