Bighorn Lake is a reservoir in the United States located in Southern Montana and Northern Wyoming in the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area. The lake is 40 mi (64 km) south of Billings, Montana. Bighorn Lake was created by the construction of Yellowtail Dam near Fort Smith, Montana in 1965. It stretches the entire 72 mi (115 km) length of the Bighorn Canyon at full pool.
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Eastern portion of Bighorn Lake.
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