Lake Billy Chinook

Lake Billy Chinook
Lake Billy Chinook
Lake Billy Chinook Location within Oregon Lake Billy Chinook Location within the United States
Location	Jefferson County, Oregon
Coordinates	44.58912°N 121.36496°W / 44.58912; -121.36496
Type	Reservoir
Primary inflows	Crooked, Deschutes, and Metolius rivers
Primary outflows	Deschutes River
Catchment area	7,514 square miles (19,500 km2)
Basin countries	United States
First flooded	1964
Max. length	28 mi (45 km)
Surface area	4,000 acres (1,600 ha)
Average depth	102 ft (31 m)
Max. depth	415 ft (126 m)
Shore length1	72 mi (116 km)
Surface elevation	1,945 ft (593 m)
Islands	Chinook Island
Settlements	Culver
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Lake Billy Chinook is a reservoir in Jefferson County in the U.S. state of Oregon. Created by the Round Butte Dam in 1964, Lake Billy Chinook lies in a canyon at the confluence of the Crooked, Deschutes, and Metolius rivers near Culver and Madras. It was named for Billy Chinook, a Native American of the Wasco tribe who traveled alongside American explorers John C. Frémont and Kit Carson in their expeditions of 1843 and 1844.