Box Canyon Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Upper Sacramento River impounding Lake Siskiyou reservoir, in Siskiyou County, northern California. Waymarking.com: Box Canyon Dam (Siskiyou County, California) . accessed 3.16.2016. Water.ca.gov − online Water Data Library: "Box Canyon Project Feasibility Study" — Bulletin No. 162, December 1965, pub. California State Resources Agency + Department of Water Resources, Sacramento, CA.
Description The dam and reservoir are located in Box Canyon of the eastern Trinity Mountains and within the Shasta–Trinity National Forest, southwest of the town of Mount Shasta and Mount Shasta peak.
Box Canyon Dam is long and high. The dam is owned and operated by Siskiyou County's Flood Control & Water Conservation District and Siskiyou Power Authority, and was completed in 1965 to provide flood control.Siskiyou.ca.us: County of Siskiyou General Services, Flood Control & Water Conservation District In 1965, a powerhouse was installed to provide hydroelectric power. Siskiyou.ca.us: County of Siskiyou General Services, Siskiyou Power Authority
History Beginning in April 1959, the State of California appropriated funding to study the feasibility of building the dam. In the 1963 legislative session, following the passage of the Davis-Grunsky Act/Proposition One of 1960 (which initiated the California State Water Project) the California State legislature authorized $2,800,00 for the Box Canyon Dam and Reservoir project. In 1965, Assembly Bill No. 251 authorized a dedicated grant to the Siskiyou County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, or the Mount Shasta Recreation and Park District of $2,000,000 for the Box Canyon Dam and Reservoir Project.
Recreation The Box Canyon Trail begins on the north side of Box Canyon Dam, following the Upper Sacramento River down the narrow canyon to the outskirts of the town of Mount Shasta.Hike Mount Shasta Blog: The Box Canyon Trail The Lake Siskiyou Trail encircles the lake, including a crossing atop the dam.Mount Shasta Trail Association (MSTA): The Lake Siskiyou TrailMSTA: Lake Siskiyou Trail aerial view map
See also
List of dams and reservoirs in California
References
External links Living Shasta Photography Blog: Lake Siskiyou's Box Canyon Dam — photo gallery, interiors/exteriors of dam + powerhouse.