Surrounded by hundreds of miles of parched desert landscape, Lake Powell is like no other place on earth. With spectacular red rock towers, blue-green water perfect for fishing and boating and beaches of rosy sand, it is the American Westâ??s most popular water playground. Lake Powell is actually a reservoir, created by the damming of the Colorado River at Glen Canyon.

Despite an angry outcry from conservationists, construction of the Glen Canyon Dam began in 1960 and was completed in 1963. It took another 17 years for Lake Powell to ill to capacity. Today, most people agree that Lake Powell is an amazing sight, drawing almost as many visitors as its downriver neighbour, the Grand Canyon.