Albeni Falls Dam is located on the Pend Oreille River

Pend Oreille River

The Pend Oreille River is a tributary of the Columbia River, approximately long, in northern Idaho and northeastern Washington in the United States, as well as southeastern British Columbia in Canada. In its passage through British Columbia its name is spelled Pend-d'Oreille River...

 between Oldtown, Idaho

Oldtown, Idaho

Oldtown is a city in Bonner County, Idaho, United States. The population was 184 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Oldtown is located at ....

, and Priest River, Idaho

Priest River, Idaho

Priest River is a city in Bonner County, Idaho, United States. The population was 1,751 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Priest River is located at ....

. It is located on the site of a natural waterfall named Albeni Falls, named after early pioneer Albeni Poirier.

Construction on the dam began in 1951 and was completed in 1955 at a cost of $34 million ($261 million in 2007 dollars). It produces over 200 million kilowatt hours of electricity each year for the Bonneville Power Administration

Bonneville Power Administration

The Bonneville Power Administration is an American federal agency based in the Pacific Northwest. BPA was created by an act of Congress in 1937 to market electric power from the Bonneville Dam located on the Columbia River and to construct facilities necessary to transmit that power...

 and is operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

The dam is 90 feet (27.4 m) high and 775 feet (236.2 m) long. Its spillway is 400 feet (121.9 m) long.