Talk:Grand Lake (Colorado)

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The current article for Grand Lake describes the Colorado/Big Thompson project as "the first of many diversions of water from the Colorado River Basin between Colorado and the Gulf of California." The article must mean first in terms for furthest upstream, since many other diversions came earlier in terms of date of construction. The Grand Ditch, which diverts water from the upper Colorado River drainage across the Continental divide at Poudre Pass, is both further upstream and was constructed earlier than the Colorado/Big Thompson project.

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I got that image of what you say is Granby Reservoir from [1], so they (or the photographer) must have gotten it wrong. Good thing you were able to recognize it. howcheng {chat} 06:33, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I figured that happened and looked over at byways and confirmed it. No worries. The picture on this page WAS on the Grand Lake, Colorado (the town) page. When I reused it here, I decided we needed a town photo there. Byways proved useful for that! Note: I spotted the Lake Granby in the first scene (the ad filming scene, if you've seen it) of John Sayles' Silver City. John (Jwy) 17:59, 25 March 2006 (UTC)