The Loup Canal is a hydroelectric and irrigation canal located in eastern Nebraska , United States . The canal is owned and managed by Loup Power District , a public power electric utility.
5-537: The canal is 35 miles (56 km) long. It begins at headworks on the Loup River in Nance County , between Fullerton and Genoa . It passes through a hydroelectric plant near Monroe with a generating capacity of 8000 kilowatts. From there, it continues to two regulating reservoirs, Lake Babcock and Lake North, north of Columbus . The canal then runs from Lake North to a second hydroelectric plant near Columbus with
10-815: A generating capacity of 40,000 kW. It ends at the Platte River in eastern Platte County about one mile below the confluence of the Platte and the Loup. Construction of the canal system began in August 1934; power generation began in March 1937. A recreation system of parks, lakes and trails extends along the canal; these facilities are owned and operated by Loup Power District. 41°29′42″N 97°29′18″W / 41.49500°N 97.48833°W / 41.49500; -97.48833 This Nance County , Nebraska state location article
15-473: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Platte County , Nebraska state location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Loup River The Loup River (pronounced /lup/) is a tributary of the Platte River , approximately 68 miles (109 km) long, in central Nebraska in the United States . The river drains a sparsely populated rural agricultural area on
20-562: Is formed in eastern Howard County , approximately 5 miles (8 km) northeast of St. Paul and 20 miles (32 km) north of Grand Island , by the confluence of the North Loup and Middle Loup rivers. It flows east-northeast, past Fullerton , where it is joined from the north by the Cedar River . It continues east-northeast roughly parallel to the Platte, past Genoa , separated from the Platte by approximately 15 mi (24 km). It joins
25-790: The eastern edge of the Great Plains southeast of the Sandhills . The name of the river means "wolf" in French , named by early French trappers after the Skidi band of the Pawnee , whose name means "Wolf People," and who lived along its banks. The river and its tributaries, including the North Loup, Middle Loup, and South Loup, are known colloquially as "the Loups", comprising over 1800 mi (2900 km) of streams and draining approximately one-fifth of Nebraska. The river
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