Scotts Peak Dam Road Explained

Type:Road
Road Name:Scotts Peak Dam Road
State:tas
Length:47
Direction A:North
Direction B:South
End A: Gordon River Road
Frodshams Pass
End B:Scotts Peak Dam
Huon River; Huon Campground
Route: C607
Region:South West Tasmania
Exits:Edgar Dam

The Scotts Peak Dam Road (Route C607) is the most southerly point of road access into Southwest National Park, Tasmania, Australia.

The road was built by the Hydro-Electricity Commission of Tasmania with funding from the Australian Government to facilitate the construction of dams for the flooding of Lake Pedder.[1] [2] It was an unsealed road built to connect between the dam works and the Gordon River Road. The 47km (29miles) road leaves the Gordon River Road at Frodshams Pass and heads south and provides access to Edgar Dam and the Scotts Peak Dam across the Huon River. The road terminates at the Huon Campground, an access point for the Frankland Range and the South Coast region of the South West Wilderness.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Tasmania. Hydro-Electric Commission. Survey Section . Map of Lake Gordon and Lake Pedder . 1981 . Hydro-Electric Commission . 4th . 10 December 2013 .
  2. Book: Felton, Heather . Hydro Tasmania . Ticklebelly tales and other stories from the people of the Hydro . 2008 . Hydro Tasmania . 978-0-646-47724-4 . 445-44 .
  3. Web site: Visiting – Southwest National Park . Tasmania Parks & Wildlife Service . June 2009 . . 1–4 . 11 July 2015.