Grand Coulee Dam and completion. Creation of the reservoir forced the relocation of over 3,000 people, including Native Americans whose ancestral lands were partially flooded. While the dam does not contain fish passage, neither does the next downstream dam, Chief Joseph Dam. This means no salmon reach the Grand Coulee Dam. The second large dam downstream, Rocky Reach Dam, has an intricate system of fish ladders to accommodate yearly salmon spawning and migration. The Grand Coulee is an ancient river bed on the Columbia Plateau created during the Pliocene Epoch (Calabrian) by retreating glaciers and floods. Originally, geologists believed a glacier that diverted
Coulee City, Washington Coulee City, Washington Coulee City is a town in Grant County, Washington. The population was 562 at the 2010 census. The town was named after nearby Grand Coulee. Coulee City was officially incorporated on May 10, 1907. Coulee City is located at (47.611942, -119.290904). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land. As of the census of 2010, there were 562 people, 265 households, and 150 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 331 housing units at an average density of . The racial