HERITAGE NOOSA
HERITAGE NOOSA
Six Mile Creek Dam
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Alternative NameCooroy DamLake MacdonaldDescriptionThe Six Mile Creek Dam (more commonly known as Lake Macdonald) is a rock and earth-fill embankment dam with an un-gated spillway across the Six Mile Creek that is located in the Noosa Shire. The main purposes of the dam are for potable water supply and for recreation. The impounded reservoir is called Lake Macdonald, named in memory of former Noosa Shire Council Chairman Ian MacDonald.
The dam is located 6 kilometres from Cooroy and 15 kilometres west of Noosa. The small settlement of Lake MacDonald is located adjacent to the dam. The primary inflow of the reservoir is Six Mile Creek.
Built in 1965 and raised by 3.6 metres in 1980, the rock and earth fill dam structure is 15.7 metres high and 490 metres long. The 69-thousand-cubic-metre dam wall holds back the 8,018-megalitre reservoir when at full capacity. From a catchment area of 49 square kilometres that includes much of the Tewantin National Park, the dam creates Lake Macdonald, with a surface area of 260 hectares (640 acres).
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https://heritage.noosa.qld.gov.au/nodes/view/18107?lsk=f74c95156d370421ba0d601834667d8a&keywords=dam&type=all&highlights=WyJkYW0iXQ%3D%3D
The dam is located 6 kilometres from Cooroy and 15 kilometres west of Noosa. The small settlement of Lake MacDonald is located adjacent to the dam. The primary inflow of the reservoir is Six Mile Creek.
Built in 1965 and raised by 3.6 metres in 1980, the rock and earth fill dam structure is 15.7 metres high and 490 metres long. The 69-thousand-cubic-metre dam wall holds back the 8,018-megalitre reservoir when at full capacity. From a catchment area of 49 square kilometres that includes much of the Tewantin National Park, the dam creates Lake Macdonald, with a surface area of 260 hectares (640 acres).
Read more:
https://heritage.noosa.qld.gov.au/nodes/view/18107?lsk=f74c95156d370421ba0d601834667d8a&keywords=dam&type=all&highlights=WyJkYW0iXQ%3D%3D
Six Mile Creek Dam. Heritage Noosa, accessed 08/02/2025, https://heritage.noosa.qld.gov.au/nodes/view/21537