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> > Oahe Dam Visitor Center
It’s always beautiful on Lake Oahe!
Take in the view and learn about Lake
Oahe, the Oahe Chapel, the Missouri
River and the Oahe Dam and
hydroelectric power plant through
exhibits and brochures. Dam tours
are available to the public Memorial > > Fort Pierre Chouteau
Day through Labor Day. Visit
sdmissouririver.com for more In the mid-1800s, Fort Pierre Chouteau
information. The Visitor Center stays was the largest trading post on the
open year-round, call 605-224-4617. upper Missouri River, a thriving
community of traders, trappers and
Native Americans. Today, not much
remains of the fort’s wooden bastions
or buildings but the site is a National
Historic Landmark.
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