Last Chance Canal Dam
This is the dam and headworks of the Last Chance Canal Co.
Ltc. The name was selected because it was descriptive of their
situation. They had a deadline to meet or lose their water
rights. Known as the life-blood of the valley, the Last Chance
Canal Co. had its beginning in 1895, with attempts to build wooden
flumes, only to have them destroyed by heavy snows. Though they
suffered many hardhips, the early pioneers perservered and with
ingenuity, were finally able to get water to both sides of the
valley in 1902. In 1917 a tunnel was excavated and a new
cross-river flume was constructed supported by a massive
concrete arch. This flume was replaced by an all-steel flume in
1946. The entire system in ?? the Last Chance dam, tunnel,
flume, and the Last Chance main canal which feeds five primary
irrigation canals. It also delivers water to the Last Chance
Hydro Electric Co. now owned by Utah Power & Light Co.
