Ice blocked the Columbia River near the north end of Grand Coulee, creating glacial lakes Columbia and Spokane.
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Central Washington's Columbia Plateau was a prime candidate—a desert with fertile loess soil and the Columbia River passing through.
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Located in Grant County near Coulee City, it was built as part of the Bureau of Reclamation's Columbia Basin Project.