Lake Mackintosh
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Lake Mackintosh is a long lake running north-south past Mount Farrell, adjacent to the town of Tullah
. It dams the Mackintosh River
and Sophia River
, then feeds Mackintosh Power Station through into Lake Rosebery
. The lake was created in the 1980s and the main basin of the lake was originally a Button Grass
swamp prior to inundation. Lake Mackintosh in held by 2 dams, the main Mackintosh dam and the smaller Tullabardine Dam. The lake's deepest point is roughly 60m deep at the base of the main dam.
The Murchison River
is also fed into this lake through the Murchison Dam, to the south. The Murchison Highway
borders the lake to the West.
Tullah, Tasmania
Tullah is a town in the northern part of the West Coast Range, on the west coast of Tasmania, about 111 km south of Burnie. The town has a population of roughly 270 people. At the 2006 census, Tullah had a population of 195....
. It dams the Mackintosh River
Mackintosh River
The Mackintosh River is on the West Coast of Tasmania and flows into the Pieman River. It is north of Tullah.Lake Mackintosh is one of the more substantial hydro man-made lakes on the West Coast....
and Sophia River
Sophia River
Sophia River is a minor feeder into Lake Mackintosh and the supply for the Mackintosh Power Station on the West Coast of the Australian State of Tasmania....
, then feeds Mackintosh Power Station through into Lake Rosebery
Lake Rosebery (Tasmania)
Lake Rosebery is a lake created by the damming of the Pieman River West Coast, Tasmania.It has the former Hydro Tasmania construction village at Tullah, Tasmania on its shores, and it also has the diverted Emu Bay Railway line adjacent as well....
. The lake was created in the 1980s and the main basin of the lake was originally a Button Grass
Gymnoschoenus sphaerocephalus
Gymnoschoenus sphaerocephalus, commonly known as button grass, is a species of tussock-forming grass from southeastern Australia. It forms part of a unique habitat in Tasmania....
swamp prior to inundation. Lake Mackintosh in held by 2 dams, the main Mackintosh dam and the smaller Tullabardine Dam. The lake's deepest point is roughly 60m deep at the base of the main dam.
The Murchison River
Murchison River (Tasmania)
Murchison River, TasmaniaA river on the West Coast of Tasmania that flows into the Pieman River.It is in the northern section of the West Coast Range.It was dammed by the HEC in its development of the Pieman power development scheme....
is also fed into this lake through the Murchison Dam, to the south. The Murchison Highway
Murchison Highway
The Murchison Highway runs from the West Coast of Tasmania to Burnie, and was opened on 13 December 1963. The part of the Highway from Waratah to Burnie was known as the Waratah Highway until 1973 at the latest....
borders the lake to the West.