Lake Pateros

General data

Name: Lake Pateros
Water system: Columbia River
Water type: Artificial lake
Progression: Columbia River -> Columbia River Estuary -> Pacific Ocean -> Planet Earth
Climates: Temperate
Continents: North America
Countries: United States of America

Lake Pateros is a reservoir on the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington.

It was created in 1967 with the construction of Wells Dam.

The reservoir lies almost entirely in Douglas and Okanogan counties, although the dam itself lies partially in the easternmost portion of Chelan County.

The reservoir stretches from there upstream to the Chief Joseph Dam.

Towns on Lake Pateros include Pateros and Brewster, Washington.

Lake Pateros has been known by many variant names, including Butler Lake, Chief Long Jim Lake, Fort Okanogan Lake, Lake Azwell, and others.

Primary inflows are Columbia River, Okanogan River and Methow River.

Lake Pateros

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