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of the Interior The Milk River Project in north-central Montana
furnishes water for the irrigation of about 121,000 acres of
land. Project features are Lake Sherburne; Nelson and Fresno
Storage Dams; Dodson, Vandalia, St. Mary, Paradise, and Swift
Current Diversion Dams; Dodson Pumping Plant; 200 miles of
canals; 219 miles of laterals; and 295 miles of drains. A water
supply is furnished to project lands which are divided into the
Chinook, Malta, and Glasgow Divisions and the Dodson Pumping
Unit. The lands extend about 165 miles along the river from near
Havre to a point 6 miles below Nashua, Montana. Return to top
The project provides for storage of water from Swift Current
Creek, a tributary of the St. Mary River, in Lake Sherburne
behind Lake Sherburne Dam and diversion of St. Mary River water
through a 29-mile canal discharging into the North Fork Milk
River. The water then flows through Canada for 216 miles before
returning to the United Stat