Canyon Ferry Dam

 

Canyon Ferry Dam Sources at Lewis & Clark Library Sources at the Montana Historical Society Research Center State Historic Preservation Office On-line resources

 

 

The first Canyon Ferry Dam, built by private investors, began supplying electricity to Helena in September 1898. The second dam, begun in 1949, towered over the old one. In 1953 when the spillway gates shut, the reservoir filled with fifty times more water than the original lake and eventually flooded 25 miles of river bottom, covering 4,000 acres of farmland and the town of Canton. Canyon Ferry Lake is 28 miles east of Helena.

 

 

Sources at Lewis & Clark Library

 

1. The Helena Junior Chamber of Commerce. Golden Canyon Days: Celebrating Helena's 85th Anniversary, Beginning of the New Canyon Ferry Dam, Helena, Montana, July 21, 22, 23, 24, 1949. Helena, Montana: The Chamber, 1949. [Shelfmark M 978.6615 H]
2. Campbell, William C. From the Quarries of Last Chance Gulch. Vol. I, Helena, Montana: Montana Record Publishing, 1951. 45, 88, 139, 140, 143, 144, 148, 158, 160, 164, 167, 168, 170, 179, 180, 285. [Shelfmark M 978.66 C Vol. 1]
3. Juisto, Chere. "Water and Stone: Canyon Ferry Dams." More From the Quarries of Last Chance Gulch. Volume II. Helena, Montana: Helena Independent Record, 1996. 84-89. [Shelfmark M 978.6615 M]
4. Juisto, Chere. "New Canyon Ferry: Taming the Mighty Missouri." More From the Quarries of Last Chance Gulch. Volume III. Helena, Montana: Helena Independent Record, 1995. 155-158. [Shelfmark M 978.6615 M]
5. Jiusto, Chere. "First Dam Signalled Ferry's Demise." Independent Record 18 April 1996: 6A.
6. "Canyon Ferry Dam Topped After 34 Months of Hard Work."  The Independent Record 26 July 1953: 1B.
7. Kidston, Martin. "Low Water Mark." Independent Record 16 May 2004: 1C.
8. McCartney, Leslie and George Lane. "Canton Church." The Independent Record 15 February 1998: 1C.
9. Tode, Laura.   "Back in God's Hands: Group that saved historic Canton church celebrates restoration efforts." Independent Record 6 October 2002: 1A, 10 A.

 

Sources at the Montana Historical Society Research Center

 

1. Vertical File: "Canyon Ferry, MT."
2. "History of Canyon Ferry Evolves Around Sheriff Family." The Independent Record 15 June 1952: 1B.
3. Cooney, Bob. "'Save the Name of Canyon Ferry,' Say Residents." The Independent Record 31 January 1965: 1B.
4. Jiusto, Chere. "First Dam Signalled Ferry's Demise." Independent Record 18 April 1996: 6A.
5. Vertical File: "Canyon Ferry Reservoir."
6. "Canyon Ferry Dam Topped After 34 Months of Hard Work."  The Independent Record 26 July 1953: 1B.
7. "Canyon Ferry Association to Restore Cemetery." Great Falls Tribune 26 October 1958: 7-8.
8. Kidston, Martin. "Low Water Mark." Independent Record 16 May 2004: 1C.
9. Vertival File: "Canton, MT."
10. Tode, Laura.   "Back in God's Hands: Group that saved historic Canton church celebrates restoration efforts." Independent Record 6 October 2002: 1A, 10 A.
11. Gaab, Edna. "History of Broadwater County: Canton." The Townsend Star 15 July 1965: 4.
12. McCartney, Leslie and George Lane. "Canton Church." The Independent Record 15 February 1998: 1C.

 

State Historic Preservation Office

 

1. Source 1
2. Source 2
3. Source 3

 

On-line resources

 

1. Canyon Ferry Dam
2. Source 2

 

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