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Ross Lake National Recreation Area
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Ross Lake National Recreation Area
Ross Lake National Recreation Area
is a US
National Recreation Area
located in north central
Washington
just south of the
Canadian border
. It is the most accessible part of the
North Cascades National Park Service Complex
which also includes
North Cascades National Park
and
Lake Chelan National Recreation Area
. Ross Lake NRA follows the
Skagit River
corridor from the Canadian border to the western foothills of the
Cascades
. The NRA contains a portion of scenic Washington State Route 20, the
North Cascades Highway
, and includes three
reservoirs
:
Ross Lake
,
Diablo Lake
, and Gorge Lake. These reservoirs make up the Skagit Hydroelectic Project operated by
Seattle City Light
. Nestled in the "American Alps" the Ross Lake NRA bisects the north and south units of
North Cascades National Park
. The Shape of the National Recreation area, was design to prevent the proposed High ross dam from flooding the national park.
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