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Hells Canyon National Recreation Area is a United States national recreation area on the borders of the U.S. states of Oregon and Idaho.Managed by the U.S. Forest Service as part of the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, the recreation area was established by Congress and signed by President Gerald Ford in late 1975 to protect the historic and archaeological values of the Hells Canyon area and ...
Hells Gate State Park is a public recreation area located on the southern edge of Lewiston, Idaho, at the Snake River's downstream entrance to Hells Canyon, the deepest canyon in North America. The state park was created by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to mitigate the construction of the Lower Granite Dam ; the Idaho Department of Parks and ...
Hells Canyon is a ten-mile-wide (16 km) canyon in the Western United States, along the border of eastern Oregon, western Idaho, and a small section of eastern Washington. It is part of the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area which is also located in part of the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest . [ 2 ]
Seven Devils Mountains in Idaho. The Hells Canyon Wilderness is a wilderness area in the western United States, in Idaho and Oregon.Created 50 years ago in 1975, the Wilderness is managed by both the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service and contains some of the most spectacular sections of the Snake River as it winds its way through Hells Canyon, North America's deepest ...
Hells Canyon is the deepest river gorge in North America, with the east rim reaching up to 8,043 ft (2,452 m) above the Snake River. Whitewater rafters paddle downstream of the Hells Canyon Dam, and there are scenic vistas on rim trails. Historic sites include Nez Perce petroglyphs on canyon
Hell Creek Recreation Area is a public recreation area managed by the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana occupying 337 acres (136 ha) on the south side of Fort Peck Lake twenty miles (32 km) due north of the community of Jordan, Montana. [4]
Hells Canyon Dam† Snake River: Concrete gravity 330 100 Hells Canyon Reservoir: 188,000 0.232 391 Idaho Power 1967 Island Park Dam: Henrys Fork: Earthfill 94 29 Island Park Reservoir: 135,205 0.166773 0 USBR 1939 Little Camas Dam: Little Camas Creek: Earthfill 44 13 Little Camas Reservoir: 18,400 0.0227 0 Mountain Home Irrigation District 1912
Hells Canyon Wilderness is the name of two distinct component units of the United States National Wilderness Preservation System: Hells Canyon Wilderness (Oregon and ...