Peewee falls, near Boundary Dam (Washington-Canada border)
Pend Oreille River (last summer)
Standing on top of Box Canyon Dam (shhh, we are not suppose to be here!)Well folks, sorry I have been away from here for so long. Busy last week with the Veteran Wheelchair Olympics. Worked some nice 12-14 hour days all week long. So this last weekend I went home to spend time on the Pend Oreille River, which happens to be the same area that David Thompson discovered back in 1809.
While many things have changed over the years, since David Thompson explored this area, the river, nestled in the Mountains of Northeast Washington is truly a mystical, beautiful place to visit, and call home. My parents still live in North Pend Oreille county near the present sight of Box Canyon Dam, which is one of four dams located on the river.
The Pend Oreille has a distinct title of being one of a few rivers in the world that flows mostly north. It comes out of Lake Pend Oreille, in Northern Idaho, and begins it flow from east to west, then takes a hard turn north right on the Washington Idaho border in the town of Newport. From there if flows almost due north past our border with Canada, until it eventually links up with the Columbia River.
Good photos, Shawn -- also a good brief statement about the Pend Oreille River -- how about the river and its people as the subject for your final paper?!
ReplyDeleteActually, Bill Youngs, made the comment above, but this computer appears to be logged in with Cole's account, from when he last used it!
ReplyDeleteI'm hoping to head up past Metaline this weekend to hike the Salmo Loop trail. I was doing some reading on the area on HistoryLink and the area has some fascinating details that fit well into the regional history - logging, mining, infrastructure develoment. Have you looked at the Pend Oreille County article on HistoryLink? Highly recommended!
ReplyDeleteIt must having pretty intimidating to explore the Oreille and Columbia rivers. They are just to massive and impressive. I can't think of river nearly that big near us....maybe I just haven't seen it yet. Oh, and I'm turning you in for trespassing!
ReplyDelete