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The Shoshone River is a 100-mile (160 km) long river in northern Wyoming in the United States. Its headwaters are in the Absaroka Range in Shoshone National Forest. It ends when it runs into the Big Horn River near Lovell, Wyoming. Cities it runs near or through are Cody, Powell, Byron, and Lovell.
It was introduced into the Firehole River above and below Firehole Falls, the Madison River and the Gibbon River below Gibbon Falls in 1890. [16] Brown trout also occur in the Yellowstone River below Knowles Falls, the Gardner River below Osprey Falls, in Middle Creek, a tributary of the Shoshone River and the Gallatin River .
Construction on Buffalo Bill Dam, originally known as Shoshone Dam, began in 1905. [5] Upon completion, in 1910, the dam was the highest in the world standing at 325 feet (99 m). [4] The dam is a concrete arch structure of constant radius. [6] It was part of the Shoshone Project, one of the first projects overseen by the Bureau of Reclamation. [7]
The Lewis River Channel is noted for its outstanding fall fishing for large spawning brown and lake trout migrating out of Shoshone and Lewis lakes. [19] The lower gradient sections below Lewis Lake and as the river enters the Snake River provide good fishing for brown and brook trout.
The Wind River Indian Reservation allows access for fishing and hiking for non-tribal members who purchase a tribal fishing license available from local retailers. The license allows access to fishing lands on the southern half of the reservation, including in the tribal roadless area that encompasses part of the dramatic Wind River Range.
Shoshone encampment in the Wind River Mountains of Wyoming, photographed by W. H. Jackson, 1870. Shoshone National Forest is named after the Shoshone Indians, who, along with other Native American groups such as the Lakota, Crow and Northern Cheyenne, were the major tribes encountered by the first European explorers into the region.
The 27.5-mile (44.3 km) scenic highway follows the north fork of the Shoshone River through the Wapiti Valley to Sylvan Pass and the eastern entrance to Yellowstone. Most of the scenic byway is contained within Shoshone National Forest and is also known as US Highway 14 (US 14), US 16 and US 20.
Shoshone Lake is a U.S. backcountry lake with an area of 8,050 acres (33 km 2; 13 sq mi) with an elevation of 7,795 feet (2,376 m) in the southwest section of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. It lies at the headwaters of the Lewis River , a tributary of the Snake River .
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