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The wilderness area is named after and protects much of the Bruneau and Jarbidge Rivers and their canyons. Whitewater rafting is a popular recreational activity in this wilderness area, which has rivers up to Class V. [1] [2] About 40 miles (64 km) of the Bruneau River and about 28.8 miles (46.3 km) of the Jarbidge River are classified as a ...
The Bruneau River region was historically occupied by the Northern Shoshone, Northern Paiute, and Bannock tribes [2] The Bruneau River was given its name sometime before 1821 by French Canadian Pierre Bruneau (1796–1873) voyageurs working for the Montreal-based fur trading North West Company. [5] The name is derived from the French meaning ...
The Jarbidge River is a 51.8-mile-long (83.4 km), [3] high elevation river in Elko County, Nevada, and Owyhee County, Idaho, in the United States.The Jarbidge originates as two main forks in the Jarbidge Mountains of northeastern Nevada and then flows through basalt and rhyolite canyons on the high plateau of the Owyhee Desert before joining the Bruneau River.
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Tahoe City is located on the shore of Lake Tahoe, at the outlet of the Truckee River. The site was surveyed in 1863, and Tahoe House was built in 1864. [2] The Tahoe post office opened in 1871, closed for a period in 1896, and changed its name to Tahoe City in 1949. [2] The ZIP Code is 96145.
Clover Creek (previously East Fork Bruneau River [1]) is a 55-mile (89 km) long [3] tributary of the Bruneau River in the U.S. state of Idaho.Beginning at an elevation of 5,229 feet (1,594 m) [2] in southeastern Owyhee County, it flows generally northwest through East Fork Bruneau Canyon to its mouth in the Bruneau – Jarbidge Rivers Wilderness, [4] at an elevation of 3,218 feet (980.8 m).
Bruneau Dunes State Park It is northeast of Bruneau and fifteen miles (25 km) south of Mountain Home . Featuring large sand dunes and small lakes, the state park is the site of North America 's tallest single-structured sand dune, which is approximately 470 feet (140 m) in height. [ 3 ] [
Sheep Creek is a 63-mile (101 km) long [3] tributary of the Bruneau River.Beginning at an elevation of 6,126 feet (1,867 m) [2] east of Owyhee in northern Elko County, Nevada, it flows generally north into Owyhee County, Idaho and the Owyhee Desert, where it is roughly paralleled by Idaho State Highway 51.