Page

History

Page was founded in 1957 as a housing community for workers and their families during the construction of nearby Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River. Its site was obtained in a land exchange with the Navajo Nation. The city is perched atop Manson Mesa at an elevation of above sea level and above Lake Powell. The city was originally called Government Camp, but was later named for John C. Page, commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, 1936–1943. After the dam was completed in 1966, Page officially incorporated as a town on March 1, 1975. It was a coal-fired steam plant with an output capability of 2,250,000 kilowatts. On December 18, 2020, the three smokestacks of the Navajo Generating Station were demolished. In 1997, Antelope Canyon was opened to tourism on Navajo land adjacent to Page. This natural slot canyon, formed by erosion, created an increased tourism for Page.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which are land and , or 0.12%, is water. Page has an arid climate (Köppen BWk) with hot, very dry summers and chilly winters with very little snow. It is located in the southern edge of the Great Basin Desert on the Colorado Plateau. It is very dry due to being in the rainshadow of the mountains of California and too far north to get consistent North American monsoons.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Common Raven

  Corvus corax Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,781
• California Condor

  Gymnogyps californianus (Shaw, 1797) · Aves
  2,460
• House Finch

  Haemorhous mexicanus (P.L.Statius Müller, 1776) · Aves
  1,481
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,347
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,284
• Rock Wren

  Salpinctes obsoletus (Say, 1822) · Aves
  1,141
• Violet-green Swallow

  Tachycineta thalassina (Swainson, 1827) · Aves
  759
• Canyon Wren

  Catherpes mexicanus (Swainson, 1829) · Aves
  745

Largest nearby schools

• Page High School
  High · Page · 804 students · 12:1 ratio
• Desert View Elementary Intermediate
  Elementary · Page · 580 students · 10.9:1 ratio
• Page Middle School
  Middle · Page · 549 students
• Lake View Elementary Primary
  Elementary · Page · 460 students
• Tse'yaato' High School
  High · Page · 45 students · 15:1 ratio
• Manson Mesa High School
  High · Page · 42 students · 7:1 ratio
• Sage & Sand Academy
  Other · PAGE · 27 students · 13.5:1 ratio
• CAVIAT - Page High School
  High · Page · 1 students