| 翻訳と辞書 |
| Franklin Delano Roosevelt Lake ： ウィキペディア英語版 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake
Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake (also called Lake Roosevelt) is the reservoir created in 1941 by the impoundment of the Columbia River by the Grand Coulee Dam in Washington state. It is named for Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was President during the construction of the dam. Covering , it stretches about from the Canadian border to Grand Coulee Dam, with over of shoreline; by surface area it is the largest lake and reservoir in Washington,.〔List of lakes in Washington〕〔(Lake Roosevelt NRA: The Story of the Columbia Basin Project (Data on the Dam and Project) )〕 It is the home of the Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area.
The reservoir lies in parts of five counties in northeastern Washington; roughly in descending order of lake acreage they are Ferry, Stevens, Lincoln, Okanogan, and Grant counties. A good indication of the extent of the lake can be seen from a map centered about the town of Inchelium .
==Renaming==
Once the lake formed behind Grand Coulee Dam, the Bureau of Reclamation referred to it as the Columbia Reservoir.〔email from National Archives Denver office March 25, 2015〕 In Stevens County, the Colville Examiner and other local newspapers referred to the lake as Empire Lake.〔Big Empire Lake Now a Reality, Colville Examiner, August 2, 1941〕
On April 17, 1945, five days after the death of President Roosevelt, Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes renamed the reservoir Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake. Secretary Ickes stated this token honor recognized how President Roosevelt championed the dam and advocated the legislation to create it.〔Associated Press, “Lake Formed by Coulee Dam will bear Roosevelt’s Name”, Spokane Daily Chronicle, Spokane, Washington, 17 April 1945, page 9 ()〕
抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』
■ウィキペディアで「Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake」の詳細全文を読む
スポンサード リンク
| 翻訳と辞書 : 翻訳のためのインターネットリソース |
Copyright(C) kotoba.ne.jp 1997-2016. All Rights Reserved.
|
|