From 1906-1911 Wapato Irrigation Company bought 1351
acres from Wapato Indians. The Indians now could have 6
miles of main distrubution from Wapato Lake to the
Wapato Allottee Indians. On April 21, 1911 the WapatoIrrigation Company was bought by the Lake Chelan Land
Company. Lake Chelan Land Company gave water rights
and irrigation works to Lake Chelan Water Company in
1917. The two organizations came to bankruptcy litigation
of the Lake Chelan Land Company. The Lake Chelan
Irrigation District was dimolished in February of 1919.
Lake Chelan Reclemation District eventually aquirred the
deeds in October 1919 from Lake Chelan Land Company.
On the date of May 8, 1920 the reclamation recieved 6860
acres from the 4359 acres of before. Lake Chelan
Reclamation District started building the new system in
1920 and finished in 1940. The debt of the reclamation
reached approximently $500,000. 1940’s through 1961
repayment was replenished the money to the state. 1956
through 1960 they enlarged Antilon Lake to the capacity of
9000 acre feet. Chief Joseph Dam was authorized by
congress in 1966. New studies evaluated of rebuilding the
system through pumping and storage facilities in Lake
Chelan. In June 1969 the first approval for construction
was approved by congress for the pumping and facilities is
Lake Chelan. The new pumping and storage facilities were
paid for in 1975 it cost $18,778,000. The system included
73 miles of pipeline, 10 miles of drain, 13 pumping plants,
and 13 reservoirs. A total area o 6,336 acres was served by
the new system.