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Fort Peck Dam
Fort Peck Dam is a sightseeing stop in Fort Peck, MT. Cost: free.
157 Yellowstone Rd · Fort Peck, MT
Why you should go…
Fort Peck Dam is a hydraulic earthfill dam on the Missouri River, built between 1933 and 1940 and stretching 21,026 feet across the valley. It holds back Fort Peck Lake, which runs more than 130 miles and has about 1,520 miles of shoreline. At the Fort Peck Interpretive Center and Museum near the powerhouses you meet a life-size model of Peck's Rex, a Tyrannosaurus found nearby in 1997, plus two large aquariums of lake and river fish and exhibits on the dam's construction.
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