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Lake Oahe (oh-WAH'-hee) is a large reservoir behind Oahe Dam on the Missouri River; it begins in central South Dakota and continues north into North Dakota in the United States. The lake has an area of and a maximum depth of .〔 By volume, it is the fourth-largest reservoir in the US.〔 Lake Oahe has a length of approximately and has a shoreline of .〔 51 recreation areas are located along Lake Oahe,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Corps Lakes Getaway: Oahe Dam/Lake Oahe )〕 and 1.5 million people visit the reservoir every year.〔 The lake is named for the 1874 Oahe Indian Mission.〔 Species of fish in the reservoir include walleye, northern pike, channel catfish, and smallmouth bass.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 2010 Lake Oahe Fishery Projections )〕 Chinook Salmon, native to the Pacific Northwest, are artificially maintained in Lake Oahe and are a popular target for anglers.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Northern State University )〕 The lake also supports populations of the endangered pallid sturgeon.〔 Lake Oahe begins just north of Pierre, South Dakota and extends nearly as far north as Bismarck, North Dakota. Mobridge, South Dakota is located on the eastern shore of the central portion of the lake. A map centered on Mobridge probably gives the best view of the extent of the lake. Bridges over Lake Oahe include US Route 212 west of Gettysburg, South Dakota and US Route 12 at Mobridge. The former town of Forest City has been flooded beneath Lake Oahe, about 9 miles west of Gettysburg. Prehistoric archeological sites have been explored in the area, including Molstad Village near Mobridge. It dates to before the emergence of the Arikara, Hidatsa and Mandan as separate peoples, and has been designated as a National Historic Landmark. Both the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation and the Standing Rock Indian Reservation occupy much of the western shoreline of Lake Oahe. Two possible burial sites of Sitting Bull, a Sioux leader, are located along Lake Oahe.〔Barry, Dan. ''Restoring Dignity to Sitting Bull, Wherever He Is'' () ''The New York Times''. January 28, 2007. (accessed 2010-04-26)〕 One is near Fort Yates, North Dakota, while the other is near Mobridge.〔 In the 1960s, the Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation built five large dams on the Missouri River, and implemented the Pick–Sloan Missouri Basin Program, forcing Native Americans to relocate from flooded areas. Over 200,000 acres on the Standing Rock Reservation and the Cheyenne River Reservation in South Dakota were flooded by the Oahe Dam alone. As of 2015, poverty remains a problem for the displaced populatons in the Dakotas, who are still seeking compensation for the loss of the towns submerged under Lake Oahe, and the loss of their traditional ways of life. ==See also== * List of lakes in South Dakota * List of dams and reservoirs in North Dakota 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「Lake Oahe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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