Boysen

Boysen straddles the Wind River in central Wyoming, where the river’s exit from Wind River Canyon has shaped a landscape of reservoir water and open basin country. Boysen Dam impounds the river here to create Boysen Reservoir, the centrepiece of Boysen State Park and a working source of irrigation water and hydroelectric power. Completed in 1952 as a federal reclamation project, the dam reflects the 20th-century effort to manage water across the arid interior West. Anglers, boaters and campers use the reservoir’s broad shoreline, while the canyon adds a geological counterpoint nearby. See how Boysen fits within the wider Wind River Basin by browsing webcams nearby.

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