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Where and What is This Place?

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Even the sheep are wondering...

Even the sheep are wondering...

Where and What is This Place?

Use these quick clues to test your answer.

Clue 1: Ever wished you could walk on water? At this AMAZING place, people (and sheep) can!

Clue 2: Latitude: about 47 degrees, 57 minutes

Clue 3: Longitude: about -118 degrees, 58 min

Clue 4: Largest concrete ____ in North America

Clue 5: Largest U.S. producer of hydro-electric power

Clue 6: Constructed between 1934 and 1941

Clue 7: Helps irrigate more than 560,000 acres of farmland

Clue 8: It was named for a landscape feature

Clue 9: The right side of the structure is called a "spillway"

Clue 10: The left side of the structure is known as Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake

Bonus: It was built by the WPA for the BOR and called by all the GCD

 

Have you guessed it? That's right, it's DNARG EELOUC MAD on the Columbia River.

Come on, do you think we'd give it away that easily? Get out a pencil and write it right!