In 1953, Congress approved the Detroit Dam, and 200 residents left Old Detroit; 62 years later, record-low water exposed the Oregon town’s wagon and ruins

In 1953, the formal dedication of the Detroit Dam transformed Oregon’s North Santiam Canyon and forced roughly 200 residents of the original Detroit town to relocate. The 463-foot-high dam created Detroit Lake, inundating the old townsite beneath the reservoir.

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