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The final site for Dworshak Dam was chosen at a point on the North Fork of the Clearwater 1.9 miles (3.1 km) above its confluence with the larger Clearwater River. The project was authorized on October 23, 1962, as Bruces Eddy Dam; [ 9 ] the name was later changed to honor Senator Henry Dworshak (1894–1962), who was instrumental in gaining ...
Its length is 74.8 miles (120.4 km), [1] it flows westward from the Bitterroot Mountains along the Idaho-Montana border, and joins the Snake River at Lewiston. In October 1805, the Lewis and Clark Expedition descended the Clearwater River in dugout canoes, putting in at "Canoe Camp," five miles (8 km) downstream from Orofino ; they reached the ...
The North Fork Clearwater River is a major tributary of the Clearwater River in the U.S. state of Idaho. [1] From its headwaters in the Bitterroot Mountains of eastern Idaho, it flows 135 miles (217 km) [2] westward and is dammed by the Dworshak Dam just above its mouth in north-central Idaho.
Built in conjunction with the Dworshak Dam by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during the early 1970s, this bridge provides local access over the flooded river, now Dworshak Reservoir. [6] It replaced a smaller bridge which crossed the river prior to the flooding by the reservoir. [ 7 ]
A fact from Dworshak Dam appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 27 June 2012 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that the 1973 completion of the Dworshak Dam (pictured), one of the tallest in the United States, wiped out one of the world's preeminent runs of steelhead trout?
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Dworshak State Park is a public recreation area covering 850 acres (340 ha) along the western shore of Dworshak Reservoir north of Orofino in Clearwater County, Idaho, United States. The state park comprises three units: Freeman Creek, Three Meadows Group Camp, and Big Eddy Lodge and Marina.
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