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Canyon Ferry dam and reservoir, one of Montana's most popular recreational areas, is located twenty minutes east of Helena. It is a concrete gravity dam about 50 miles downstream from where the Gallatin, Madison, and Jefferson Rivers join to form the Missouri River. This lake is spread in 35,181 surface acres and 76 shoreline miles, because of its size and location, Canyon Ferry is very popular and receives the most use of any lake activities in the state, such as excellent fishing, boating, sailing, swimming and camping.
Canyon Ferry is not only beneficial to the community for its irrigation development, but is also a recreational playground. You can enjoy fishing opportunity for rainbow trout, perch, ling, and walleye. Concrete boat ramps, campgrounds, day-use areas, shelters, swimming, and three marinas are available for recreational use.
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Around the beach, you can have a pleasant sight of wildlife area. It is said to be the home to a colony of terns and pelicans. Barrow´s Goldeneyes find their home along the Missouri River in the winter. You can also find around the upland areas of the reservoir that provides habitat for Chestnut-collared Longspurs and Longbilled Curlews, as well as hundreds of Pronghorn antelope. |
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