Grand Coulee Dam Area Visitors’ Guide 2011-2012
VISITORS’ GUIDE s GRAND COULEE DAM AREA s 2011-2012
Table of Contents "ASIC 1UESTIONS .................................................................... 'RAND #OULEE $AM &ACTS ................................................ !RE THE &ISH "ITING ........................................................... -ONTHLY &ISHING 'UIDE .................................................... (UNTING THE #OULEE ..........................................................22 ,AKE 2OOSEVELT &ACTS ........................................................ 0ARKS OR 6IEWPOINTS ..........................................................
h#OULEEv &ACTS ..................................................................... #OLVILLE .ATIVE 0EOPLE ..................................................... ,ASER 3HOW &ACTS................................................................ 7ELCOME TO 7ILBUR ........................................................... 7ELCOME TO /KANOGAN #OUNTY .................................... /THER 'REAT $AY 4OURS ..................................................... !D )NDEX .........................................................................
Index "ANKS ,AKE 0AGES
,ASER ,IGHTS AT 'RAND #OULEE $AM ......................0AGES
#AMPING !CCOMODATIONS .....................0AGES
,AKE 2OOSEVELT....................................0AGES
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#ASINOS ...................................................................... 0AGES
-UNICIPAL 0ARKS ......................................0AGE
#ROWN 0OINT 6ISTA ................................................0AGES
-USEUMS .................................................................. 0AGES
&ISHING ......................................0AGES
.ATIONAL 0ARK 3ERVICE ....................................0AGES
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.ATIVE !MERICANS (ISTORY ..................................0AGES
'RAND #OULEE $AM ..................... 0AGES
3CHEDULE OF %VENTS..............................................0AGES
'OLlNG "OWLING................................0AGES
3TEAMBOAT 2OCK 3TATE 0ARK ...................0AGES
(IKING ....................................................... 0AGES
3PRING #ANYON #AMPGROUND 0ARK ......................0GS
(UNTING 7ILDLIFE ........................................... 0AGE
3WIMMING ....................................................... 0GS
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)N HIGH RUNOFF SEASON WATER JETS OUT OF OUTLET TUBES IN 'RAND #OULEE $AM AT MORE THAN GALLONS PER SECOND 4HE OUTLETS ARE USED WHEN ,AKE 2OOSEVELT IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO SPILL OVER THE TOP
We have the car for you!
FULLER & SONS Auto Sales Car Rentals
Toll Free (800) 359-4408 Bus. (509) 633-0600 122 Midway, Grand Coulee
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in Coulee Dam next to the Casino
STORE HOURS 7 A.M. - 10 P.M. DAILY
Fresh Donuts and Maple Bars Sandwiches Lattes
“Best� baked or fried chicken in the whole “Dam� area Featuring USDA Choice Meats Premium Angus Beef Garden Fresh Produce and complete line of groceries.
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The swim platform at Spring Canyon on Lake Roosevelt is always a big hit with young swimmers. They can do this for hours at a time at the National Park Service's popular campground and public beach.
s $AILY 3PECIALS s "ANQUET 2OOM s #ATERING s 4AKE /UT /RDERS Open Monday thru Saturday 11 a.m. - 9 p.m.
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Enjoy a cold one in our BEER GARDEN 7ATERTOYS &ISHING #AMPING
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“Friendliest Grocery on Banks Lake� &RQYHQLHQW 59 & Trailer Parking
Video Rentals ~ ATM
Bruce Cheadle
(509) 633-0280 308 Spokane Way Grand Coulee
Steaks - Seafood - Fresh Produce Camping & Fishing Supplies
Electric City (509) 633-2687 www.grandcouleedam.com/h&h
Coulee Playland on Banks Lake
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Tenting, Full Hook-ups 2 miles to Golf Course and 2 miles from Grand Coulee Dam LARGE SELECTION TACKLE/RODS, REELS MARINE/RV/CAMPING SUPPLIES BANKS LAKE APPAREL RENT: PONTOON BOATS, FISH BOATS, PEDDLE BOATS, YURT — SLEEPS 5 Tribal & State Game Licenses Visit our website for current lake level information www.couleeplayland.com
RESERVATIONS RECOMMENDED BUT NOT REQUIRED
Coulee Playland Resort 401 Coulee Blvd. E. (509) 633-2671 Box 457, Electric City, WA 99123
Breakfast - Lunch - Dinner WE ALSO CATER! “We Hand Cut & Trim Our Own Steaks�
Try the local favorite chicken and pork-fried steaks & chicken-fried chicken BANQUET ROOM & LOUNGE
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(509) 633-8283 PEPPER JACK’S BAR & GRILLE 113 Midway Avenue, Grand Coulee pepperjacks.webs.com/
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Basic Questions: What town am I in?
4HERE ARE FOUR TOWNS ADJACENT TO THE 'RAND #OULEE $AM 4HE CITY OF 'RAND #OULEE IS ABOVE THE DAM %LECTRIC #ITY IS TWO MILES WEST OF 'RAND #OULEE 4HESE TWO MUNICIPALITIES ARE LOCATED IN 'RANT #OUNTY 4O THENORTH THETOWNOF#OULEE $AMISDIRECTLYBELOW THE DAM #OULEE $AM ˆ DIVIDED BY THE RIVER ˆ LIES WITHIN THREE COUNTIES /KANOGAN #OUNTY ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE RIVER AND $OUGLAS #OUNTY AND A TINY PORTION OF 'RANT #OUNTY ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE RIVER 4HE TOWN OF %LMER #ITY LESS THAN TWO MILES NORTH OF #OULEE $AM ALSO IS IN /KANOGAN #OUNTY 4HE #OLVILLE )NDIAN2ESERVATIONBEGINSINTHEMIDDLEOFTHE#OLUMBIA 2IVER "RIDGE IN #OULEE $AM AND EXTENDS NORTH TO /MAK 4HE EAST SIDE OF #OULEE $AM AND THE TOWN OF %LMER#ITYAREWITHINTHEBOUNDARIESOFTHERESERVATION
What time does the laser light show begin?
4HE LASER SHOW IS HELD NIGHTLY AT 'RAND #OULEE $AM AS FOLLOWS FOR -AY TO *ULY AT P M !UG TO !UG AT P M 3EPT TO 3EPT AT P M 4HE SHOW IS ABOUT MINUTES IN LENGTH 4HERE IS NO ADMISSIONFEE #ALL FORMOREINFORMATION
Where can I view this show?
s"ESTLOCATIONˆTHE'RAND#OULEE$AM6ISITOR#ENTER 6# AT THE DAM AND FROM THE PARK BELOW THE 6# 4HESE AREAS ARE COVERED BY AN OUTDOOR SOUND SYSTEM s 4HE TOWN OF #OULEE $AM HAS CONSTRUCTED A NEW PARK ALONG 2OOSEVELT $RIVE STARTING AT THE EAST END OF THE #OLUMBIA 2IVER BRIDGE 4HE PARK HAS A TERRACED GRASSY AREA FOR VIEWING THE ,ASER ,IGHT 3HOW s /THER VIEW SPOTS FROM $OUGLAS 0ARK IN #OULEE $AM
FROM#ROWN0OINTATOPTHEGRANITECLIFFSANDABOVE,AKE 2UFUS7OODSˆACCESSFROM32 TOWARD"RIDGEPORT s 4HE 53"2 BROADCASTS THE AUDIO PORTION OF THE ,ASER ,IGHT 3HOW NIGHTLY AT &-
How do I take a tour of Grand Coulee Dam?
!T THE 5 3 "UREAU OF 2ECLAMATION S 6ISITOR #ENTER ON 32 JUST NORTH OF #OULEE $AM TOURS ARE OFFERED 4HE 6# OFFERS MOVIES ABOUT THE DAM INFORMATIONAL DISPLAYS AND GUIDES CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS 9OU CAN GET THE LATEST INFORMATION THERE OR CALL
Where are public restrooms? s 6# AND PARK BELOW s .ORTH $AM 0ARK 32 WEST OF 'RAND #OULEE s 'RAND #OULEE #ITY (ALL 32 'RAND #OULEE s 'RAND #OULEE #ITY 0ARK 32 s %THETA !NDERSON -EMORIAL ,IBRARY 'RAND #OULEE s -ASON #ITY -EMORIAL 0ARK #OULEE $AM ACROSS STREET FROM SHOPPING CENTER s 3PRING #ANYON ,AKE 2OOSEVELT .ATIONAL 2ECREATION !REA 32 EAST s3TEAMBOAT2OCK3TATE0ARK 32 EIGHT MILESSOUTH OF %LECTRIC #ITY s #OULEE 0LAYLAND 32 %LECTRIC #ITY s #OULEE $AM 4OWN (ALL ,INCOLN #OULEE $AM
Where can I find overnight accomodations? s !2%! -/4%,3 Coulee Dam ˆ 4HE #OLUMBIA 2IVER )NN ,INCOLN !VENUE #OULEE (OUSE )NN 3UITES 2OOSEVELT 7AY Grand Coulee 4HE 'RAND #OULEE #ENTER ,ODGE 3POKANE7AY 4RAIL7EST
3POKANE 7AY Electric City 3UNBANKS ,AKE 2ESORT 32 . 3KY $ECK -OTEL
Outer Area %IGHT "AR " -OTEL 7ILBUR 4HE 7ILLOWS -OTEL 7ILBUR s !2%! #!-0'2/5.$3 3TEAMBOAT 2OCK 3TATE 0ARK ON"ANKS,AKE MILESSOUTHOF%LECTRIC#ITYON32
3PRING #ANYON ON ,AKE 2OOSEVELT MILES EAST OF 'RAND #OULEE ON 32 #OULEE 0LAYLAND 2ESORT ON "ANKS ,AKE IN %LECTRIC #ITY
'RAND #OULEE 26 0ARK 32 TOWARD "RIDGEPORT ,AKEVIEW 4ERRACE -OBILE 0ARK MILESEASTOF'RAND#OULEEON32 +ING S#OURT 32 TOWARD7ILBUR
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Where can I eat? Family Style
Melody Restaurant 5LYHU 'U &RXOHH 'DP Pepper Jack’s Bar & Grille 0LGZD\ $YH Grand Coulee R&A Cafe %LUFK 6W &RXOHH 'DP Sunbanks RQ %DQNV /DNH
Fast Foods TeePee Drive In 0LGZD\ Tim’s 4-Corners Union 76 Grand Coulee Hometown Pizza Grand Coulee Electric City Bar & Grill Electric City Banks Lake Pub Electric City
Specialty La Presa, +Z\ *UDQG &RXOHH
Where can I have a picnic?
Where can I launch a boat?
0UBLIC DOCKS ARE LOCATED AT #OULEE 0LAYLAND 3PRING #ANYON AND 3TEAMBOAT 2OCK 3TATE 0ARK 4WO OTHER LAUNCHING SITES ARE ABOUT MIDWAY ALONG "ANKS ,AKE /NEISAT"ARKER#ANYONONTHEWESTSIDEOFTHELAKE THE OTHERISATTHE.ORTHRUPRESTAREAONTHESMALLPENINSULA THAT JUTS OUT TOWARD 3TEAMBOAT 2OCK FROM THE EAST SIDE OF THE LAKE JUST OFF THE STATE ROUTE ! LAUNCH RAMP IS IN PLACE AT #RESCENT "AY ON ,AKE 2OOSEVELT
Where can I buy postcards, gifts, souvenirs?
-ANY AREA RETAILERS CARRY POSTCARDS
AS DO MOTELS RESTAURANTS AND AREA CONCESSIONAIRES s In Coulee Dam: #OULEE (OUSE )NN 3UITES (ARVEST &OODS 6ARIETY #OULEE $AM #ASINO s In Grand Coulee: #HAMBER OF #OMMERCE #OULEE 'RAPHICS 4HE 6ARIETY 3TORE 4IMgS &OUR #ORNERS s )N %LECTRIC #ITY "ILLgS 3OUVENIRS #OULEE 0LAYLAND 2ESORT ( ( 'ROCERY 3UNBANKS ,AKE 2ESORT "ANKS ,AKE 'OLF AND #OUNTRY #LUB
s 3TEAMBOAT 2OCK 3TATE 0ARK
32 EIGHT MILES SOUTH OF %LECTRIC #ITY IN THE 'RAND #OULEE s 3PRING #ANYON 32 EAST TOWARD 3POKANE s 'RAND #OULEE $AM S 6ISITOR #ENTER 0ARK BELOW DAM AND 2OOSEVELT Enjoy a day on the lake! -EMORIAL 0ARK LOOK FOR THE BUST OF &RANKLIN $ 2OOSEVELT OFF 32 NEAR THE TOP OF THE DAM s -UNICIPAL PARKS ARE LOCATED AT .ORTH $AM 0ARK s /UTER !REA 32 'RAND #OULEE COVERED EATING AREA 'RAND 3HAWgS &RUIT 0RODUCE #OULEE #ITY 0ARK 32 EAST TOWARD 3POKANE 4RADING 0OST .ESPELEM $OUGLAS 0ARK 32 #OULEE $AM #OLE 0ARK JUST OFF 2AWSONgS /KANOGAN 32 ON #OLUMBIA !VENUE DO NOT CROSS #OLUMBIA 'RANT #OUNTY (ISTORICAL -USEUM %PHRATA 2IVER "RIDGE -ASON #ITY -EMORIAL 0ARK ACROSS STREET FROM #OULEE $AM SHOPPING CENTER .ATIONAL 0ARK 3ERVICE HEADQUARTERS #REST $RIVE #OULEE $AM
Where can I fish?
"ANKS ,AKE IN THE 'RAND #OULEE ,AKE 2OOSEVELT BEHIND 'RAND #OULEE $AM AND ,AKE 2UFUS 7OODS BELOW 'RAND #OULEE $AM !LL THREE ARE YEAR ROUND lSHERIES &ISHING IS ALSO PERMITTED ON THE #OLVILLE )NDIAN 2ESERVATION ON -C'INNIS ,AKE AND "UFFALO ,AKE FISHING REGULATIONS KEEP CHANGING. PLEASE REFER TO THE CURRENT STATE AND TRIBAL FISHING REGULATIONS FOR MORE INFORMATION.
What else is there to do besides tour the dam?
s #OLVILLE #ONFEDERATED 4RIBES #ASINO "IRCH
#OULEE $AM s "ANKS ,AKE 'OLF AND #OUNTRY #LUB PUBLIC GOLF 32 WEST OF %LECTRIC #ITY A M DARK s (ORSEBACK 2IDING NEAR 'RAND #OULEE s (IKING TRAILS AT #ANDY 0OINT .ORTHRUP #ANYON
3TEAMBOAT 2OCK DOWN RIVER BELOW 'RAND #OULEE $AM "UNCHGRASS0RAIRIE.ATURE4RAILAT3PRING#ANYON A HISTORIC WALK THROUGH OLD #OULEE $AM s (OUSEBOAT SKIING AND lSHING BOAT RENTALS ON ,AKE 2OOSEVELT
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"ANKS ,AKE WILL OFFER ITS BEAUTY AND WARMTH THROUGH !UGUST THIS YEAR 4HE "UREAU OF 2ECLAMATION WILL BEGIN LOWERING THE LAKE LEVEL IN !UGUST AS IT USUALLY DOES BUT IT WONgT STOP AT A lVE FOOT DRAWDOWN 4HE LAKE WILL GRADUALLY GO DOWN FURTHER AS FARMERS DRAW OUT THE WATER FOR IRRIGATION
so maintenance projects can occur. By late October, the lake will be down 30 feet and will stay that way until March. s "OATING ON "ANKS ,AKE ,AKE 2OOSEVELT AND 2UFUS 7OODS ,AKE 3MALL BOAT PARTY BOAT AND PEDDLE BOATS RENTALS AT #OULEE 0LAYLAND %LECTRIC #ITY s3WIMMINGAT3TEAMBOAT2OCK3TATE0ARKAND#OULEE 0LAYLAND ON "ANKS ,AKE AND AT 3PRING #ANYON ON ,AKE 2OOSEVELT s #ANOEING WITH A .ATIONAL 0ARK 3ERVICE RANGER ON #RESCENT "AY ,AKE BELOW THE CITY OF 'RAND #OULEE
SUMMER EVENINGS $ATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE #ALL FOR INFO #HECK WITH A RANGER FOR TIMES
WHICH CHANGE AS THE SUMMER PROGRESSES -EET IN THE PARKINGLOTAT3PRING#ANYON !LLCANOEINGEQUIPMENT CANOES PADDLES LIFE VESTS IS PROVIDED s 'EHRKE S 7INDMILLS .ORTH $AM 0ARK 'RAND #OULEE s 0ANORAMIC VIEW OF 'RAND #OULEE $AM AT #ROWN 0OINT 4AKE (IGHWAY TWO MILES WEST TOWARD "RIDGEPORTANDWATCHFORSIGNS 'REATSPOTFORCAMERA BUFFS s "OWLING AT 2IVERVIEW ,ANES IN #OULEE $AM
s 0UBLIC LIBRARY &EDERAL !VENUE 'RAND #OULEE s 4ENNIS COURTS AT .ORTH $AM 0ARK 'RAND #OULEE BEHIND THE CREDIT UNION IN #OULEE $AM AND AT ,AKE 2OOSEVELT (IGH 3CHOOL s9EAR ROUND lSHING
Where are the grocery stores/mini marts? s Electric City ˆ ( ( 'ROCERY #OULEE 0LAYLAND AND 3UNBANKS 2ESORT s Grand Coulee ˆ 4IM S #ORNERS AT THE JUNCTION OF 32 AND 32 4HE 6ARIETY 3TORE -IDWAY !VE s Coulee Dam ˆ (ARVEST &OODS 6ARIETY #OULEE $AM 3HOPPING #ENTER s %LMER #ITY 3HAWgS &RUIT 0RODUCE 32 s Outer Area ˆ 4RADING 0OST 32 .ESPELEM
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-ARIACHI MUSICIANS PLAY DURING THE &OURTH OF *ULY AT 'RAND #OULEE $AM #HECK THE ONLINE BLOG COMPANION TO THIS 6ISITOR 'UIDE AT GCDVISITOR COM FOR THE MOST CURRENT INFORMATION ON WHATgS HAPPENING IN THE AREA Or scan this QR Code with your phone:
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Where can I get RV parts? 4 . 4 7ELDING 26 3UPPLY 'RAND #OULEE AND #OULEE (ARDWARE 'RAND #OULEE
Where are holding tanks dumped? !T #OULEE 0LAYLAND %LECTRIC #ITY 3TEAMBOAT 2OCK 3TATE 0ARK ON "ANKS ,AKE 3PRING #ANYON ON ,AKE 2OOSEVELT AND AT #OULEE $AMgS STATION ON 3TEVENS Volunteers raise rainbow trout and kokanee in an 3TREET ONE BLOCK OFF #OLUMBIA NEAR -INI -ART elaborate net pen operation in Electric City.
Where can I get propane?
Is medical care available in the area ?
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#OULEE -EDICAL #ENTER IS OPEN SIX DAYS A WEEK WITH THE EMERGENCY ROOM OPEN HOURS A DAY )T IS LOCATED IN 'RAND #OULEE 4AKE 32 TOWARD "RIDGEPORT WATCH FOR ROAD SIGNS 4HE CENTER IS ON THE RIGHT QUICKLY AS YOU HEAD TOWARD "RIDGEPORT
Where can I buy hunting & fishing licenses?
Where can I wash clothes?
s #OULEE 0LAYLAND
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(877) 245-0096
The oldest continuous business in the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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7HEN YOU LOOK AT 'RAND #OULEE $AM REMEMBER THAT IT IS NEARLY A MILE ACROSS THE TOP NOT INCLUDING THE 4HIRD 0OWERHOUSE !ND CONSIDER YOURSELF LUCKY IF YOU EVER SEE A BIG IMPRESSIVE SPILL LIKE THIS 4HATgS NOT JUST WATER RUNNING DOWN THE FOOT TALL SPILLWAY )TgS MONEY NOT MADE FROM GENERATING ELECTRICITY &ISH DONgT LIKE IT EITHER BECAUSE TOO MUCH SPILL PUSHES NITROGEN INTO THE WATER LEADING TO A CONDITION IN lSH SIMILAR TO THE BENDS SUFFERED BY HUMAN DIVERS WHO ASCEND TO THE SURFACE TOO QUICKLY $AM OPERATORS ONLY SPILL WATER IN THE RARE EVENT THAT THEREgS TOO MUCH COMING DOWN THE RIVER TO RUN THROUGH THE GENERATORS FOR THE AMOUNT OF DEMAND ON THE POWER GRID AT A GIVEN MOMENT (OWEVER VERY SMALL SPILLS OCCUR EVERY NIGHT FROM -EMORIAL $AY WEEKEND THROUGH 3EPTEMBER DURING THE ,ASER ,IGHT 3HOW STILL AN IMPRESSIVE EXPERIENCE
Grand Coulee Dam Facts: When was Grand Coulee Dam built and by whom? 4HE 5 3 "UREAU OF 2ECLAMATION BEGAN CONSTRUCTION OF 'RAND #OULEE $AM IN AS THE KEY STRUCTURE IN ITS MULTIPURPOSE #OLUMBIA "ASIN 0ROJECT )T HAS SINCE BECOME THE LINCHPIN IN HARNESSING THE SECOND LARGEST RIVER IN THE 5NITED 3TATES )T TOOK NINE YEARS TO BUILD 'RAND #OULEE $AM BUT EVEN MORE YEARS OF BATTLING AND POLITICAL MANEUVERING BEFORE CONSTRUCTION STARTED 7HILE IT WAS RECOGNIZED EARLY IN THE CENTURY THAT THE #OLUMBIA "ASIN HAD RICH FARMLAND THAT NEEDED ONLY WATER TO mOURISH
THE METHOD FOR PROVIDING THAT WATER CAUSED MUCH CONTROVERSY ! 3POKANE GROUP INSISTED UPON A
MILE GRAVITY mOW CANAL FROM ,AKE 0END /REILLE TO THE "ASIN WHILE A 7ENATCHEE CENTRAL 7ASHINGTON GROUP FAVORED BUILDING A BIG DAM ON THE #OLUMBIA AT 'RAND #OULEE 4HE BATTLE RAGED FOR YEARS !T ITS CONCLUSION 0RESIDENT &RANKLIN $ 2OOSEVELT AUTHORIZED MILLION TO GET THE DAM PROJECT STARTED )N THE 'RAND #OULEE LIFE CHANGED DRAMATICALLY AND QUICKLY ONCE WORK ON THE DAM BEGAN IN .OT ONLY DID THE UNDERTAKING OF THIS MASSIVE PROJECT CHANGE FOREVER THE SHAPE OF THE RIVER BUT OVERNIGHT IT CREATED TOWNS WHERE NOTHING BUT SAGEBRUSH
SAND AND ROCKS HAD PREVIOUSLY EXISTED 4HOUSANDS CAME TO THE 'RAND #OULEE LOOKING FOR WORK IN THE MIDST OF THE $EPRESSION 4HEY WORKED AROUND THE CLOCK TO lNISH THE DAM BY
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3EVENTY 9EARS !GO ! POOL OR hTAILRACEv AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SPILLWAY NOW ABSORBS THE IMPACT OF THE FALLING WATERS WITHOUT WHICH THE RIVER WATER WOULD lND ITS OWN WAY WITH DESTRUCTIVE EFFECTS ON THE RIVER CHANNEL 4HIS TROUGH MEASURES FEET DEEP FEET WIDE AND FEET LONG
How many dams are on the Columbia River?
How big is Grand Coulee Dam?
!LTOGETHER A TOTAL OF DAMS HAVE BEEN BUILT ON THE RIVER IN THE 5NITED 3TATES AS IT WINDS ITS WAY FROM THE #ANADIAN BORDER TOWARD THE 0ACIlC /CEAN 'RAND #OULEE $AM IS THE KEYSTONE OF THE #OLUMBIA 2IVER SYSTEM DAMS &IVE OTHER DAMS IN THE "IG "END REGION OF THE RIVER ALSO OFFER FACILITIES FOR VISITORS ˆ #HIEF *OSEPH $AM ON (IGHWAY IN "RIDGEPORT 7ELLS $AM SOUTH OF "REWSTER ON (IGHWAY 2OCKY 2EACH $AM NORTH OF 7ENATCHEE ON (IGHWAY 7ANAPUM $AM SIX MILES SOUTH OF THE ) CROSSING OF THE #OLUMBIA AND 0RIEST 2APIDS $AM ON (IGHWAY
'RAND #OULEE $AM DWARFS THE 'REAT 0YRAMIDS OF %GYPT AND GENERATES MORE POWER THAN A MILLION LOCOMOTIVES !N ENGINEERING WONDER IT IS ALSO THE COUNTRY S LARGEST HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT 'RAND #OULEE $AM IS ONE OF THE LARGEST CONCRETE STRUCTURES IN THE WORLD CONTAINING ALMOST MIL LION CUBIC YARDS OF CONCRETE )T TOWERS FEET ABOVE BEDROCK AS HIGH AS THE 7ASHINGTON -ONUMENT AND IS FEET WIDE AT THE BASE 4HERE IS ENOUGH CONCRETE IN THE DAM TO BUILD TWO STANDARD SIX FOOT WIDE SIDE WALKS AROUND THE WORLD AT THE EQUATOR
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What is the dam’s main purpose? ACTUALLY 'RAND #OULEE $AM HAS THREE IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS IRRIGATION POWER PRODUCTION AND mOOD CONTROL !LTHOUGHELECTRICITYWASNOTFORESEENASA PRIMARY FUNCTION WHEN THE DAM WAS BUILT TODAY THEPRODUCTIONOFELECTRICALENERGYISONEOF'RAND #OULEE $AM S MOST IMPORTANT JOBS
How is the electricity produced? %LECTRICITY IS GENERATED BY UNSEEN TORRENTS OF WA
TER RUSHING THROUGH THE TURBINES WITHIN THE DAM S HYDRO ELECTRIC PLANTS 4HERE ARE THREE POWERHOUSESAT'RAND#OULEE$AMWITHATOTAL RATED CAPACITY OF MEGAWATTS MAKING THIS DAM THE LARGEST HYDRO ELECTRIC PRODUCER IN THE 5NITED 3TATES
How many acres does Grand Coulee Dam help irrigate? 7ATER SUPPLIED BY 'RAND #OULEE $AM IRRIGATES MORE THAN ACRES OF RICH FARMLAND IN THE #OLUMBIA "ASIN ANNUALLY 7ATER FROM ,AKE 2OOSEVELT BEHIND THE DAM IS LIFTED FEET UP A HILLSIDE TO mOW INTO THE "ANKS ,AKE RESERVOIR WHERE IT STARTS A JOURNEY THAT EVENTUALLY COVERS AN AREA MORE THAN TWICE THE SIZE OF THE STATE OF $ELAWARE %ACH OF THE SIX CONVENTIONAL PUMPS IN 'RAND #OULEE S 0UMP 'ENERATOR 0LANT IS POWERED BY A HORSE POWER MOTOR AND WILL PUMP CUBIC FEET OF WATER PER SECOND OR GALLONS PER MINUTE )N ADDITION SIX PUMP GENERATORS EACH HAVING A HORSEPOWER RATING CAN PUMP CUBIC FEET OF WATER PER SECOND /NE OF THESE UNITS CAN lLL THE WATER NEEDS OF A CITY THE SIZE OF #HICAGO
View Grand Coulee Dam with its evening laser light show from Memorial Weekend to end of September
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SERVING BREAKFAST UNTIL 2 P.M.
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How does Grand Coulee Dam help in flood control?
%ACH SPRING THE WATER LEVEL OF ,AKE 2OOSEVELT BE HIND'RAND#OULEE$AM ISLOWEREDTOMAKESPACE FOR MASSIVEAMOUNTS OFWATERTHAT WILLmOWDOWN THE #OLUMBIA 2IVER IN LATE SPRING AND SUMMER AS RISING TEMPERATURES MELT SNOW IN THE 2OCKY -OUNTAINS 4HE WATER IShCAPTUREDvIN THE LAKE TO PREVENT mOODING DOWNSTREAM AND TO PROVIDE A STEADY mOW OF WATER FOR THE WHOLE YEAR
How big is Lake Roosevelt behind Grand Coulee Dam?
4HE DAM S BLOCKING OF THE #OLUMBIA 2IVER HAS CRE ATED &RANKLIN $ 2OOSEVELT ,AKE
WHICH EXTENDS MILES UPSTREAM TO THE #ANADIAN BORDER 4HE RESERVOIR HAS A SHORELINE OF MILES A SURFACE AREA OF ACRES AND A TOTAL STORAGE CAPACITY OF ACRE FEET OF WATER
How is Lake Roosevelt managed for public recreation?
2ECREATION ON THE LAKE IS MANAGED COOPERA TIVELY BY THREE FEDERAL AGENCIES AND TWO )NDIAN TRIBES 4HE .ATIONAL 0ARK 3ERVICE HAS AUTHORITY FOR THE PORTION OF THE LAKE AND ADJACENT SHORE LAND COMPRISING THE ,AKE 2OOSEVELT .ATIONAL 2ECREATION !REA ,2.2! 4HE #OLVILLE #ONFED
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How do I take a tour of Grand Coulee Dam?
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Where can I camp? At a private campground
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TABLES AND STOVES ARE ON EACH SITE AND STANDARD SITES WITH TABLE STOVE AND TENT PAD PLUS BOAT IN CAMPSITES LOCATED ON THE NORTH END OF 3TEAMBOAT 2OCK 4HE RESTROOMS HAVE HOT SHOWERS 4HE PARK ALSO OFFERS PRIMITIVE SITES AT *ONES "AY AND/SBORN"AY#AMPGROUNDS WITHTABLESANDSTOVES AND VAULT TOILETS BUT NO RUNNING WATER 3TEAMBOAT 2OCK 3TATE 0ARK IS PART OF THE STATE S RES ERVATION CAMPING SYSTEM 2ESERVATIONS CAN BE MADE YEAR ROUND BY GOING ONLINE AT WWW PARKS WA GOV OR BY CALLING 4HE POPULAR CAMPGROUND lLLS UP FAST AND EARLY RESERVATIONS ARE RECOMMENDED 4HE PARK IS OPEN FOR CAMPING YEAR ROUND 0LEASE .OTE ! PERMIT IS REQUIRED AT ALL STATE PARKS FOR BOAT LAUNCHING AND TRAILER DUMPING 0ERMITS MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE PARK OFlCE OR FROM THE 7ASHINGTON 3TATE 0ARKS #OMMISSION IN /LYMPIA
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THERE ARE SEVERAL CAMPSITES ON THE #OLVILLE )NDIAN 2ESERVATION OPEN TO NON MEMBERS 6ARIOUS PERMITS AND RANDOM CAMP FEES FOR BOATS ALONG THE LAKE CAN BE PURCHASED FOR ONE DAY THREE DAYS SEVEN DAYS AND SEASONAL )F A RANGER SELLS A PERMIT IN THE lELD THERE WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL FEE ,OOK FOR RESERVATION CAMPING GUIDE LINES AT AREA CAMPING OUTLETS OR CALL
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Are the lSH BITING Is fishing good in the Grand Coulee Dam area?
THE THREE LARGEST RESERVOIRS IN THE #ATCHING A BIG ONE ON ,AKE 2OOSEVELT OPEN YEAR ROUND STATE OF 7ASHINGTON ARE WITHIN WAY TO lSH THE LAKE $URING THE COOLER MONTHS BANK MILES OF 'RAND #OULEE $AM lSHING IS POPULAR WHERE lSHERMEN CAN STAND BY A lRE Â&#x2C6; 2OOSEVELT "ANKS AND 2UFUS OR SIT IN THEIR RIGS WHILE WAITING FOR THE lSH TO STRIKE 7OODS ALL OFFER EXCELLENT YEAR 3TILL lSHING IS POPULAR ABOVE 'RAND #OULEE $AM DUR ROUND lSHING -C'INNIS AND "UFFALO LAKES ON THE ING THE WINTER AND SPRING #OLVILLE #ONFEDERATED 4RIBES@ RESERVATION CAN ALSO ! TRIBAL LICENSE IS REQUIRED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BE lSHED RESERVATION ON #OLVILLE 2ESERVATION AND ABOVE THE -ANY CHANGES HAVE OCCURRED TO THE WARMWA 4HIRD 0OWERHOUSE TER lSHERIES ON "ANKS ,AKE AND ,AKE 2OOSEVELT )NCREASED SMALLMOUTH BASS AND WALLEYE LIMITS AND REDUCED SIZE RESTRICTIONS SHOULD KEEP YOU OUT ON THE LAKE ALL DAY -AKE SURE YOU MEASURE YOUR lSH AND KEEP ONLY WHAT YOU CAN EAT
What kind of fish are found locally?
What kind of fishery is Banks Lake?
THERE ARE OVER SPECIES OF GAME lSH FOUND IN NEARBY &RANKLIN $ 2OOSEVELT ,AKE 2UFUS 7OODS ,AKE AND "ANKS ,AKE 4HESE INCLUDE LARGEMOUTH AND SMALLMOUTH BASS TROUT KOKANEE PERCH CRAP PIE WHITElSH LING COD SUNlSH AND STURGEON 4HE STURGEON IS BY FAR THE LARGEST AND HAS BEEN KNOWN TO MEASURE OVER FEET AND WEIGH OVER POUNDS &OR lSHING INFORMATION CONTACT #OULEE 0LAYLAND 2ESORT AT
THE SPRAWLING "ANKS ,AKE RESERVOIR COVERS ACRES AND IS REGARDED AS ONE OF THE lNEST lSHING LAKES IN THE STATE FOR BASS PERCH AND WALLEYE )N SPRING SUM MER AND FALL IT PROVIDES PLENTY OF ROOM FOR lSHERMEN
BOTH ALONG ITS SHORES AND FROM BOATS )N WINTER ICE lSHING IS POPULAR AND DEPENDING ON THE WINTER CAN LAST AS LONG AS FOUR MONTHS "ANKS ,AKE HAS A GROWING REPUTATION AND IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY ATTRACTIVE TO BASS ORGANIZA TIONS HOSTING TOURNAMENTS &OR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE TOURNAMENTS STOP BY OR CALL THE #OULEE 0LAYLAND 2ESORT
When can I fish Lake Roosevelt?
Where are some Tribal lakes?
THIS MAJOR WATERWAY IS A YEAR ROUND lSHERY IN 7ASH INGTON STATE &ISHERMEN ARE REMINDED TO ADHERE TO THE STATE AND TRIBAL lSHING REGULATIONS #OPIES ARE AVAILABLE WHERE lSHING LICENSES ARE SOLD 2AINBOW AND KOKANEE ARE THE STARS OF THE LAKE WITH WALLEYE AND SMALLMOUTH BASS IN SUPPORTING ROLES )N THE SUMMER MONTHS TROLLING IS THE MOST POPULAR
Rufus Woods Lake MILE RESERVOIR STRETCHING FROM 'RAND #OULEE $AM TO #HIEF *OSEPH $AM IN "RIDGEPORT IS AN EXCELLENT lSHERY TOO )N THE DAM AREA A BOAT LAUNCH IS LOCATED NEAR %LMER #ITY ON THE ,OWER 2IVER 2OAD (EADING NORTH TURN LEFT ONTO THE ,OWER 2IVER 2OAD JUST PAST ,AKE 2OOSEVELT (IGH
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3CHOOL ON 32 /R ASK ONE OF THE FRIENDLY FOLKS IN %LMER #ITY "OATING IS PROHIBITED BETWEEN THE 32 BRIDGE AND 'RAND #OULEE $AM McGinnis Lake - 4AKE 32 NORTH FROM #OULEE $AM TOWARD .ESPELEM !PPROXIMATELY ONE MILE PAST %LMER #ITY THREE MILES FROM #OULEE $AM TURN RIGHT ON THE 0ETER $AN 2OAD $RIVE ABOUT THREE MILES THEN WATCH FOR A SIGN WHICH INDICATES A LEFT TURN TOWARD -C'INNIS AND "UFFALO LAKES 4HREE OR FOUR MILES AFTER THIS TURNOFF THE ROAD COMES TO A h4 v 4AKE THE RIGHT TURN AND THE LAKE IS A QUARTER MILE AWAY Buffalo Lake &OLLOW THE SAME DIRECTIONS TO -C'INNIS ,AKE BUT TURN LEFT AT THE h4v INSTEAD OF RIGHT "UFFALO ,AKE LIES ANOTHER THREE TO FOUR MILES BEYOND ON A GOOD DIRT ROAD
Is it permissible to fish on the reservation?
&ISHING IS PERMITTED ON THE WATERS OF 2UFUS 7OODS ,AKE OR WITHIN THE #OLVILLE #ONFEDERATED 4RIBES DESIGNATED lSH AREA WITH EITHER A TRIBAL PERMIT OR STATE LICENSE -ORE DESIGNATED AREAS WILL BE ADDED LATER &OR UPDATES YOU CAN CALL THE STATE $EPARTMENT OF &ISH AND 7ILDLIFE AT .ON MEMBERS OF THE #OLVILLE 4RIBES MUST PURCHASE A SPECIAL PERMIT FOR ALL OTHER RESERVATION WATERS 4HESE CAN BE PURCHASED AT CERTAIN LOCAL BUSINESSES SUCH AS #OULEE 0LAYLAND 2ESORT IN %LECTRIC #ITY 0LEASE NOTE A STATE LICENSE IS REQUIRED WHEN lSHING FROM THE SHORELINE OF $OUGLAS #OUNTY ON 2UFUS 7OODS ,AKE !LSO ANGLERS lSHING THE 3POKANE !RM ,AKE 2OOSEVELT MUST HAVE A 3POKANE TRIBAL PERMIT WHEN THEY lSH FROM THE RESERVATION SHORE OUT TO THE MIDPOINT OF THE 3POKANE !RM S CHANNEL
Monthly Fishing Guide
*ANUARY )CE lSHING ATTRACTS ITS OWN SPECIAL FOLLOW ING IN THE COULEE 3OME YEARS "ANKS ,AKE HAS SAFE ICE FOR FOUR MONTHS OTHER YEARS FOR ONLY TWO WEEKS
AND AT TIMES NO ICE AT ALL )CE MAY FORM AS EARLY AS $ECEMBER AND RUN THROUGH &EBRUARY OR BE AVAIL ABLE ONLY FOR A FORTNIGHT IN *ANUARY ! UNIQUE WAY TO ICE lSH ON THIS LAKE IS AT NIGHT US ING A GAS LANTERN WITH THE PREY BEING WHITElSH 4HE BEST ICE lSHING SPOTS ON "ANKS ,AKE IS THE CAUSE WAY AREA WEST OF %LECTRIC #ITYÂ&#x2C6;FOR PERCH -ANY ANGLERS lSH THE SHORELINE OF ,AKE 2OOSEVELT FOR LARGE RAINBOW BY PARKING THEIR VEHICLE NEXT TO THE LAKE #AUTION UNATTENDED POLES WARRANT A lNE ! TWO ROD ENDORSEMENT MAY BE PURCHASED CHECK THE lSHING REGULATIONS 20
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February 7ALLEYE lSHING NOW COMES INTO ITS OWN
WITH BOAT lSHERMEN LAUNCHING THEIR BOATS AT THE %LMER #ITY RAMP BELOW THE DAM CHECK ON ACCES SIBILITY AND lSHING EITHER UPSTREAM TO THE (IGHWAY BRIDGE OR DOWNSTREAM TO #HIEF *OSEPH $AM A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY MILES 3HORE lSHING CONTINUES ALONG ,AKE 2OOSEVELT FOR LARGE RAINBOW AND KOKANEE SILVERS OR LANDLOCKED SOCKEYE SALMON March $URING THE MONTH OF -ARCH THE ICE IS ABOUT GONE FROM "ANKS ,AKE AND NOW THE BIG WALLEYE ARE CAUGHT &ISHING IS GOOD NOT ONLY FROM A BOAT ON ,AKE 2OOSEVELT BUT ALSO FROM THE SHORE #RESCENT "AY ,AKE MIDWAY BETWEEN 'RAND #OULEE AND THE DAM
OFFERS SPINY RAY lSHING FROM THE BANK "OATS WITH MOTORS ARE NOT PERMITTED ON THE LAKE
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4HE lSHING IS ALSO GOOD FOR WALLEYE AND TROUT IN THE #OLUMBIA 2IVER BELOW 'RAND #OULEE $AM
7ITH THE EMPHASIS NOW ON HUNTING SPORTSMEN TAPER OFF THEIR lSHING DURING /CTOBER
April ! CONTINUATION OF -ARCH lSHING PATTERNS
WITH A FEW ADDITIONS 4HE LAKES ON THE #OLVILLE )N DIAN 2ESERVATION OPEN TO lSHING -C'INNIS AND "UF FALO LAKES PROVIDE EXCELLENT TROUT lSHING -C'INNIS ,AKE HAS ONLY EASTERN BROOK WITH SOME EXCEEDING THREE POUNDS "UFFALO CARRIES hBROOKIESv RAINBOW AND KOKANEE
.OVEMBER $ECEMBER )F THE MONTH OF .OVEMBER HAS BEEN COLD "ANKS ,AKE IS BEGINNING TO FREEZE AND ICE lSHING COMES TO MIND 4HE SMALL BAYS FREEZE lRST AND OFFER lSHING FOR YELLOW PERCH "Y $ECEMBER THE LAKE IS OFTEN ICE BOUND AND HOLES ARE BEING CUT IN THE ICE
7EEKEND BASS TOURNAMENTS ARE SCHEDULED !PRIL THROUGH /CTOBER ON "ANKS ,AKE "ASS TOURNAMENT HEADQUARTERS ARE USUALLY AT #OULEE 0LAYLAND 2ESORT BETWEEN 'RAND #OULEE AND %LECTRIC #ITY
FISHING REGULATIONS KEEP CHANGING. PLEASE REFER TO THE CURRENT STATE AND TRIBAL FISHING REGULATIONS FOR MORE INFORMATION.
May -ANY AREA lSHERMEN HEAD FOR 'RAND #OULEE $AM IN -AY WHERE THEY lSH DIRECTLY UPSTREAM OR DOWNSTREAM FROM THE DAM 2AINBOW AND WALLEYE ARE CAUGHT NOT ONLY EARLY IN THE EVENING BUT DURING THE PRE DAWN HOURS ! MAJOR BASS TOURNAMENT IS HELD ON "ANKS ,AKE OVER THE -EMORIAL $AY WEEKEND *UNE )N "ANKS ,AKE THE WALLEYE ARE TAKING JIGS AND SPINNERS JUST ABOUT ANYTHING TIPPED WITH A NIGHT CRAWLER ,AKE 2OOSEVELT IS DOTTED WITH BOATS lSHING FOR RAINBOW AND SILVERS 3OME lSHERMEN USE hHARD WAREv 0OP 'EER AND &ORD &ENDERS WHILE OTHERS USE SMALL SPOONS lSHED FROM EITHER LEADED LINE OR WITH A DOWNRIGGER TO FEET BELOW THE SURFACE
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*ULY !UGUST ,AKE 2OOSEVELT IS USUALLY WARM ENOUGH BY THE END OF *ULY THAT THE WATER IS TOLER ABLE FOR SWIMMING CLOSE TO SHORE $URING THESE WARM MONTHS HOWEVER lSH WILL SEEK THE COOLER DEEP WATERS OF THE LAKE /THER SPINY RAYS THAT OFFER lSHING ALL SUMMER LONG ARE PERCH AND hSLABv CRAPPIE IN THE SMALL COVES ALONG "ANKS ,AKE 3EPTEMBER /CTOBER 7HILE THE lSHING IS STILL EXCEPTIONAL IN 3EPTEMBER HUNTING SEASON ARRIVES
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Hunting the coulee
Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s it like?
4O THE OUTDOORSMAN WHO LIKES TO HUNT THE 'RAND #OULEE $AM AREA OFFERS UNPARALLELED HUNTING PLEASURE .O MATTER IF THE HUNTER IS IN PURSUIT OF FUR
FEATHERS OR HORNS THE COULEE HAS MUCH TO OFFER TO THE SPORTSMAN "EGINNINGIN3EPTEMBERWITHTHEOPENINGOFDOVE SEASON THROUGHTHEMIDDLEOF-ARCHWHENTHERABBIT SEASON ENDS THE HUNTER WILL lND A VARIETY OF ANIMALS
BIRDS AND WATERFOWL TO TEST HIS OR HER SKILLS 7EATHER EXTREMES ARE ALSO A FACTOR 4HE DOVE SEA SONOPENERUSUALLYBRINGSTHEWARMESTWEATHEROFTHE YEAR ! GOOSE HUNTER IN $ECEMBER AND *ANUARY MAY EXPERIENCE SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES WHILE THE -ARCH RABBIT HUNTER WILL ENCOUNTER WEATHER COMPARABLE TO LATE /CTOBER AND EARLY .OVEMBER 4HE MOURNING DOVES ARRIVE IN *ULY AND BY THE lRST OF 3EPTEMBER THE NORMAL OPENING DAY THIS MIGRA TORY BUZZ BOMB IS READY TO TEST THE METTLE OF THE BEST WING SHOOTER 4HEY ALWAYS mY FAST 4HEN ADD A TAIL WIND AND THEY WILL APPEAR AND DISAPPEAR IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE 4HESE BIRDS CAN BE FOUND IN STUBBLE lELDS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE COULEE WALLS AND CAN ALSO BE FOUND IN SAGEBRUSH AND SCAB LAND SURROUNDING SOME STUBBLE lELDS 7ITH THE END OF DOVE SEASON USUALLY AROUND THE MIDDLE OF 3EPTEMBER THE HUNTER WAITS FOR THE OPEN
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(UNTING A RIDGE ABOVE ,AKE 2OOSEVELT ING OF THE GENERAL HUNTING SEASON IN WHICH UPLAND BIRDS DEER AND WATERFOWL OPEN ON ONE GLORIOUS /CTOBER 3ATURDAY -ULE DEER CAN BE FOUND IN SAGEBRUSH COVERED mATLAND AND DRAWS SURROUNDING THE COULEE AS CAN A FEWWHITETAILCLOSETOTIMBER 3PECIALARCHERYHUNTING SEASONS CAN ALSO BE FOUND IN THE AREA /PENING DAY ALSO SEES THE UPLAND BIRD HUNTER
WITH HIS mUSHING AND POINTING DOGS HUNTING THE BRUSHY DRAWS FOR QUAIL THE RUGGED HILLS FOR CHUKKAR AND THE STUBBLE lELDS FOR (UNGARIAN PARTRIDGE OR MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS hHUNSv !T THE SAME TIME THE WATERFOWL HUNTER WITH HIS RETRIEVER IS SCOURING THE SMALL POTHOLES AND LAKES FOR DUCKS AND THE STUBBLE lELDS FOR GEESE !S ANY BIRD AND WATERFOWL SPORTSMAN KNOWS THE BIRDS SOON BECOME WARY 1UAIL CHUKKAR hHUNv AND THE OCCASIONAL #HINESE PHEASANT mUSH AS THE X STOPS AND IT IS ONLY THE SKILLFUL HUNTER WHO CAN PUT BIRDS IN THE GAME BAG DURING THIS PERIOD 4HE DUCKS CANNOT BE FOUND AS THEY SPEND MOST OF THEIR DAYS OUT OF HARM S WAY ON THE WATERS OF THE BIG RESERVOIRS 4HE GOOSE HUNTER SPENDS THE DAYS WHEN HE IS NOT HUNTING DRIVING THE MILES OF BACK ROADS IN THE COULEE LOOKING FOR FEEDING GEESE /NCE THE BIRDS ARE SPOTTED AND FOUND TO BE USING A PARTICULAR lELD THE HUNTERS DIG THEIR PIT LONG BEFORE DAYLIGHT THE FOL LOWING MORNING 4HEY HAVE BEEN CAREFUL TO OBTAIN PERMISSION FROM THE LANDOWNER lRST /NCE THE PIT IS DUG THEY WAIT IN HOPE THAT THE GEESE WILL RETURN TO THE SAME lELD AS THEY DID THE MORNING BEFORE "Y THE MIDDLE OF .OVEMBER THE DEER SEASON IS USUALLY OVER EXCEPT FOR A FEW SPECIAL HUNTS AND THE ONLY QUARRY TO BE BAGGED ARE THE UPLAND BIRDS AND WATERFOWL "Y THE END OF $ECEMBER THE DEDICATED GOOSE HUNTER BECOMESASOLITARYlGUREINTHE lELDS ASMOST SEASONS USUALLY END THE lRST OF *ANUARY
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7ILD TURKEY ARE ABUNDANT IN THE AREA MAKING FOR GREAT HUNTING
7HENTHE GOOSESEASONENDSINTHEMIDDLEOF*ANU ARY A FEW HUNTERS WILL BEGIN HUNTING THE COTTONTAIL RABBIT UNTIL THE END OF &EBRUARY !ND THEN THERE IS ALWAYS lSHING IF A HUNTER GETS TIRED AND WANTS A CHANGE OF PACE DURING THE DAY
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Lake Roosevelt stretches 151 miles east and north behind Grand Coulee Dam at left, as water is pumped to Banks Lake via the feeder canal.
Lake Roosevelt facts: When was Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake formed?
7HEN CONSTRUCTION OF THE 'RAND #OULEE $AM WAS COMPLETED IN THE WATERS OF THE MIGHTY #OLUMBIA 2IVER BEGAN TO BACKlLL BEHIND THIS ENORMOUS CONCRETE STRUCTURE !S A RESULT THE WATERS OF THE ONCE UNTAMED RIVER NOW SWELLED TO CREATE A MILE LONG RESERVOIR NAMED &RANKLIN $ 2OOSEVELT ,AKE IN HONOR OF THE ND 0RESIDENT OF THE 5NITED 3TATES
How many campgrounds are there in the LRNRA?
4HERE ARE CAMPGROUNDS WHICH ARE LOCATED ALONG THE MILES OF SHORELINE AROUND ,AKE 2OOSEVELT &IVE ARE MAINTAINED BY THE #OLVILLE #ONFEDERATED 4RIBES TWO BY THE 3POKANE )NDIAN 4RIBE AND BY THE .ATIONAL 0ARK 3ERVICE 4HEFACILITIESPROVIDEOPPORUNITIES FORCAMPING
PICNICKING BOATING SWIMMING AND lSHING
What is the Lake Roosevelt Is there a fee for camping? National Recreation Area? #AMPINGSITESALONGTHELAKEVARYFROMFEECAMPGROUNDS WITH MAJOR FACILITIES PICNIC AREAS SWIM BEACHES AND ,AKE 2OOSEVELT IS A FEDERALLY OWNED RESERVOIR WHICH IS ADMINISTERED BY THE "UREAU OF 2ECLAMATION (OWEVER
RECREATION ON THE LAKE IS MANAGED COOPERATIVELY BY THREE FEDERAL AGENCIES AND TWO )NDIAN TRIBES 4HE .ATIONAL 0ARK 3ERVICE .03 HAS RECREATION AUTHOR ITY FOR THAT PORTION OF THE LAKE AND ADJACENT SHORELAND COMPRISING THE ,AKE 2OOSEVELT .ATIONAL 2ECREATION !REA ,2.2! 4HE #OLVILLE #ONFEDERATED 4RIBES AND THE 3POKANE 4RIBE MANAGE RECREATION ALONG THOSE AREAS OF THE LAKE AND SHORELINE THAT FALL WITHIN THEIR RESERVATION BOUNDARIES 4HE TWO OTHER PARTNERS IN THE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT ARE "UREAU OF 2ECLAMATION AND THE "UREAU OF )NDIAN !FFAIRS
INTERPRETIVE PROGRAMS TO PRIMITIVE BOAT IN CAMP GROUNDS
Which campground is closest?
4HE CLOSEST .03 CAMPGROUND IS LOCATED AT 3PRING #AN YON ON 32 TURN LEFT APPROXIMATELY THREE MILES EAST OF THE TOWN OF 'RAND #OULEE 4HERE ARE CAMPSITES INCLUDING 26 DUMP STATION BUT NO HOOKUPS TENT AND GROUP CAMPING SITES 2ESERVA TIONS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT WWW RECREATION GOV OR AT ! FEE IS CHARGED
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2ACERS COMPETE IN THE 'RAND #OLUMBIAN 4RIATHLON WHICH BEGINNING IN 3EPT WILL START AT 3PRING #ANYON ON ,AKE 2OOSEVELT 4RIATHLETES SWIM BIKE AND RUN IN THE THREE LEGS OF THE EVENT
The Big Race
4HE 'RAND #OULEE $AM AREA IS BECOMING SOMEWHAT FAMOUS FOR ATTRACTING SUPER ATHLETES WHO LOVE THE SCENERY AS THEY COMPETE IN ONE OF THE MOST DEMANDING SPORTS IN THE WORLD TRIATHLON 4HE 'RAND #OLUMBIAN 4RIATHLON PUT ON BY 4RI&REAKS lND THEM
AT TRIFREAKS COM OFFERS SEVERAL LEVELS OF DIFlCULTY
INCLUDING THE SUPER TRI 2ACERS lRST SWIM MILES
THENBIKE MILES THENRUN MILES 4HISYEARgS EVENT TAKES PLACE 3EPT AND WILL ATTRACT HUNDREDS OF DEDICATED ATHLETES
What else is at Spring Canyon?
OPERATION OF A CANOE BUT RATHER A NATURE hWALKv ON WATER 6ISITORS OFTEN SEE BEAVERS DEER MUSKRATS GREAT BLUE HERONS #ANADA GEESE TURTLES FROGS AND NESTING CLIFF SWALLOWS /THER .03 CONDUCTED ACTIVITIES AT 3PRING #ANYON INCLUDE s CAMPlRE PROGRAMS AT THE AMPHITHEATER s HIKES ON THE "UNCHGRASS 0RAIRIE 4RAIL s CHILDREN S ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ACTIVITIES s #ONTACT .03 BEFORE MAKING PLANS !LL PROGRAMS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE #ALL OR CHECK CAMP GROUND BULLETIN BOARDS
3PRING #ANYON HAS A BEAUTIFUL SANDY BEACH AND ADJA CENT SHADED PICNIC AREA INCLUDING GRILLS AND PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT 4HERE ARE RESTROOMS PLUS BOAT LAUNCHING ! FEE IS CHARGED
Where can I hike in the LRNRA?
,AKE2OOSEVELT.ATIONAL2ECREATION!REACONSISTSMAINLY OF ,AKE 2OOSEVELT AND HAS VERY LITTLE LAND BASE !S A RE SULT THERE ARE FEW HIKING TRAILS WITHIN THE PARK 4HERE IS A SELF GUIDED NATURE TRAIL AT 3PRING #ANYON WHICH STARTS AT THE CAMPGROUND 4HERE ARE ALSO TRAILS AT &ORT 3POKANE
AND +ETTLE &ALLS 7HEN THE LAKE LEVEL IS LOW YOU CAN WALK MANY MILES OF INTERESTING SHORELINE
Does the NPS offer programs?
THE.ATIONAL0ARK3ERVICEOFTENOFFERSRANGER CONDUCTED CANOE TRIPS ON #RESCENT "AY ,AKE BELOW THE CITY OF 'RAND #OULEE 4HE GROUP MEETS IN THE PARKING LOT AT 3PRING #ANYON AND CAR CARAVANS TO THE SMALL LAKE !LL CANOEING EQUIP MENT CANOES PADDLES LIFE VESTS IS PROVIDED &IRST COME
lRST SERVED 4HE ADVENTURE IS NOT MEANT TO BE INSTRUCTIONAL IN THE
Where are the other major NPS campgrounds?
-AJOR CAMPGROUNDS ARE LOCATED AT +ELLER &ERRY &ORT 3POKANE 0ORCUPINE "AY AND +ETTLE &ALLS +ELLER &ERRY IS ABOUT MILES FROM 3PRING #ANYON BY BOAT OR MILES OVERLAND FROM THE (IGHWAY CUT OFF NEAR 7ILBUR 4HIS AREA INCLUDES A MARINA STORE AND FREE FERRY ACROSS THE LAKE TO THE #OLVILLE 2ESERVATION &ORT 3POKANE BUILT IN AND USED BY THE 53 !RMY UNTIL BECAME AN )NDIAN AGENCY BOARDING SCHOOL AND TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL UNTIL THE LATE S )T S ABOUT MILES UP THE LAKE FROM 3PRING #ANYON AT THE CONmU ENCE OF THE #OLUMBIA AND 3POKANE 2IVERS 4OSEE&ORT3POKANE TAKE32 TO(IGHWAY EAST WATCH FOR ROAD SIGNS AND TURN NORTH AT $AVENPORT ON 32 "ESIDES SOME OF THE ORIGINAL OUTPOSTS THERE IS A VISI TOR CENTER AND A TRAIL ! FREE LIVING HISTORY PROGRAM IS CONDUCTED ON 3UNDAY MORNINGS AT A M
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Parks or Viewpoints What are the local choices for a picnic, viewing, easy hike or bike trail?
TREES AND OFFERS TENNIS HANDBALL HORSESHOES AND BASKETBALL COURTS s -ASON #ITY -EMORIAL 0ARK A #OULEE $AM TOWN PARK IS LOCATED IN EAST #OULEE $AM ADJACENT TO THE SHOPPING CENTER AND POST OFlCE )T CONTAINS PICNIC TABLE GRILLS AND PLAY EQUIPMENT IN A SHADED SETTING -ASON #ITY WAS THE EARLY NAME OF A PORTION OF THE s .ORTH $AM 0ARK n THE UPPER HALF MAINTAINED BY TOWN NOW CALLED #OULEE $AM THE "UREAU OF 2ECLAMATION IS LOCATED ON 32 JUST 4HETOWNOF#OULEE $AM CONSTRUCTEDANEWPARKWITH MILES SOUTH OF ITS JUNCTION WITH 32 )T OVER PROVISIONS FOR LOOKS"ANKS,AKEANDHAS VIEWING THE LASER PICNIC AREAS WATER AND SHOW AT 'RAND REST ROOMS #O U L E E $ A M s .ORTH $AM 0ARK OFFERS &REEDOM 0OINT A SHADY PICNIC AREA TEN 0LAZA IS ADJACENT NIS COURTS SOFTBALL lELDS
TO THE #OLUM AMPHITHEATER HORSE BIA 2IVER "RIDGE
SHOE PITS A COVERED ACROSS THE STREET GRILL PICNIC AREAS AND FROM THE SHOP PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT PING AREA AND FOR CHILDREN FEATURES LIVE PER !NOVELTYOF THEPARK THE FORMANCES FROM 'EHRKE 7INDMILLS ARE TIME TO TIME A FREQUENT TOURIST STOP s$OWNRIVER4RAIL "UILT BY A LOCAL RESIDENT
A MILE HIKING WHO MADE OVER JOGGING BIKING BEFORE HIS DEATH SEVERAL TRAIL ALONG THE YEARS AGO THE WINDMILLS #OLUMBIA 2IVER ARE CONSTRUCTED OF CAST 2UFUS 7OODS AWAY IRON PIECES AND ,AKE BELOW PAINTED IN BRIGHT COLORS 'RAND #OULEE The view from Crown Point is spectacular. %MIL 'EHRKE S WINDMILLS $AM WAS CON ARE RECOGNIZED AS FOLK STRUCTED BY THE ART TREASURES AND HAVE 5 3 "UREAU OF BEEN GIVEN MEDIA COVERAGE ON TELEVISION AND IN 2ECLAMATION IN LATE .ATIONAL 'EOGRAPHIC AND 3UNSET MAGAZINES 4HE LANDSCAPED TRAIL PART OF A ROAD THAT IS USED BY s 'RAND #OULEE #ITY 0ARK LOCATED ON 32 EAST ! THE 5 3 " 2 FOR MAINTENANCE PURPOSES IS OPEN TO CHILDREN S PLAY AREA AND AN ADJACENT PICNIC SECTION THE PUBLIC .O MOTORIZED VEHICLES ARE ALLOWED ! FOOT AREFOUNDINTHISTREE SHADEDPARK !LARGEBASALTROCK AND BICYCLE BRIDGE CONNECTS THE SYSTEM TO THE TOWN INTHECENTERISTYPICALOFTHENATURALLANDSCAPEOFTHE OF #OULEE $AM ACROSS FROM THE #OULEE (OUSE -OTEL 'RAND #OULEE 2ESTROOMS AND WATER ARE AVAILABLE 4HIS COMPACT GRAVEL PATHWAY IS AN EXCELLENT WAY TO s$OUGLAS0ARK FOUNDON32 INTHETOWNOF#OULEE VIEW THE RIVER AND ENJOY A PEACEFUL RESPITE MORNING
$AM 4HIS WELL MANICURED PARK JUST BELOW 'RAND NOON OR NIGHT #OULEE $AM HAS LARGE EVERGREEN TREES SHADING ITS PICNIC TABLES ! PAVED SIDEWALK TAKES THE VISITOR TO A SCENIC SPOT ALONG THE RIVER PROVIDING AN EXCELLENT VIEW OF THE DAM s #OLE 0ARK ALSO MAINTAINED BY #OULEE $AM AFFORDS A VARIETY OF RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES )T IS LOCATED JUST OFF 32 lVE MINUTES NORTH OF THE 6ISITOR #ENTER 6# $O NOT CROSS THE #OLUMBIA 2IVER "RIDGE BUT CONTINUE NORTH ONTO #OLUMBIA !VENUE PAST THE 9OUWILLlNDSPECIALDELIGHTINSEEINGTHE'RAND#OULEE BRIDGE 4HE PARK IS LOCATED ONE BLOCK AHEAD ON $AM AND SURROUNDING COUNTRYSIDE FROM THIS HILLTOP THE WEST SIDE OF THE RIVER NEXT TO THE #OULEE $AM 4AKE 32 TWO MILES WEST OF 'RAND #OULEE TOWARD #REDIT 5NION )T IS A PLEASANT AREA SHADED BY LARGE "RIDGEPORT AND WATCH FOR SIGNS
Try Crown Point for a birdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s-eye view of the dam!
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“Coulee” Facts Is Banks Lake a natural lake?
"ANKS ,AKE IS A MILE LONG RESERVOIR
WHICH WAS lLLED BY THE "UREAU OF 2ECLAMATION IN THE S TO PROVIDE IRRIGATION WATER TO THE #OLUMBIA "ASIN 4HE RESERVOIR STARTS JUST EAST OF THE CITY OF 'RAND #OULEE AND EXTENDS TO #OULEE #ITY
What the heck is a “coulee”?
!S A GEOLOGICAL TERM COULEE MEANS A RAVINE OR DEEP GULLY USUALLY DRY WHICH HAS BEEN CUT BY WATER 4HE 'RAND #OULEE OF EASTERN 7ASHINGTON WAS FORMED OVER MILLIONSOFYEARSBYERUPTIONOFLAVAWHICH SOLIDIlED AND WAS LATER SWEPT AWAY BY MASSIVE AND TUMULTUOUS )CE !GE mOODS &ORTY MILLION TO MILLION YEARS AGO A LARGE INLAND SEA COVERED THE #OLUMBIA "ASIN 4HE BASIN WAS FORMED AS A RESULT OF UPLIFT IN THE SURROUNDING TERRITORY 4EN MILLION TO MILLION YEARS AGO VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS BEGAN TO OCCUR ANDMANYLAYERSOF LAVAmOWEDOVER THEBASINFORMING THE #OLUMBIA 0LATEAU 4ODAY THESE LAYERS CAN BE SEEN AS THEY ERODE EXPOSING THE DIFFERENT LAVA mOWS !PPROXIMATELY TWO MILLION YEARS AGO THE )CE !GE BEGAN 3EVERAL TIMES THE ICE PUSHED SOUTH AND THEN RETREATED 'LACIERS COVERED SOME OF THIS AREA )T WAS DURING THE LAST )CE !GE APPROXIMATELY YEARS AGO THAT AN ICE DAM HOLDING THE WATERS OF ,AKE -IS SOULA -ONTANA BROKE AND MASSIVE mOODS SWEPT THROUGH THE AREA %VIDENCE SUGGESTS THAT ONE OF THE LAST mOODS HAD WATERS THAT WERE OVER FEET HIGH )T IS THESE SUCCESSIVE mOODS THAT CARVED AND SHAPED THECOULEESANDOTHERLANDFORMSTHATARESOPROMINENT THROUGHOUT THE AREA
What will I find in the Grand Coulee?
"ESIDES THE GEOLOGICAL WONDER OF THE 'RAND #OULEE ANDTHE"ANKS ,AKE RESERVOIR THEREARESOME SURPRISES HIDDEN HERE TOO )T IS A WONDERFUL WILDLIFE HABITAT FOR DOZENS OF SPECIES OF BIRDS AS WELL AS FOR DEER AND COY OTE 4HE ONLY NATURAL FOREST IN 'RANT #OUNTY IS LOCATED IN A CANYON OF THE COULEE #ALLED .ORTHRUP #ANYON IT
4HE COULEE TOWERS OVER HIGHWAY IS LOCATED ACROSS THE HIGHWAY FROM 3TEAMBOAT 2OCK 3TATE 0ARK AND IS OPEN TO HIKERS
Can I camp in the Grand Coulee?
9ES CAMPGROUNDS CAN BE FOUND AT EACH END OF THE 'RAND #OULEE AND IN THE VERY HEART OF THE COULEE s Coulee Playland Resort )N %LECTRIC #ITY ITgS TWO MILES FROM 'RAND #OULEE AND TWO MILES FROM THE GOLF COURSE )T FEATURES SITES WITH FULL HOOKUPS PRIMITIVEAND TENTSITES SHOWERS RESTROOMS LAUNDRY
MINI STORE DUMPSTATION ANDPLAYGROUNDEQUIPMENT
BOAT LAUNCH MARINE FUEL BOAT RENTAL AND OVERNIGHT DOCKING #AMPERS ALSO WILL lND A SWIMMING AREA NO LIFEGUARD /PEN ALL YEAR ROUND s Steamboat Rock State Park /NE OF THE MOST POPULARATTRACTIONSALONG"ANKS,AKE THISPARKISA ACRE CAMP FOR SWIMMING HIKING AND BOATING )T HAS A SANDY BEACH AND SHELTERED SWIM AREA NO LIFEGUARDS
PLUS A BATH HOUSE A CONCESSION STAND A GRASSY PICNIC AREA WITH PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AND A TRULY UNIQUE VIEW OF "ANKS ,AKE AND 3TEAMBOAT 2OCK )T OFFERS OVER CAMPSITES WITH FULL HOOKUPS 7ATER
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PASSENGER A BELL OR WHISTLE AND A lRE EXTINGUISHER ELECTRICITY SEWER TABLES AND STOVES ARE LOCATED AT EACH SITE AND STANDARD SITES WITH TABLE STOVE AND TENT PAD PLUS BOAT IN CAMPSITES LOCATED ON THE NORTH END OF 3TEAMBOAT 2OCK 4HE RESTROOMS HAVE !DVENTUROUSHIKERSSHOULDTRY3TEAMBOAT2OCK (EAD HOT SHOWERS !T *ONES "AY AND /SBORN "AY ARE TOWARD THE SADDLE OF THE MONOLITH WHICH CAN BE SEEN PRIMITIVE SITES WITH TABLE STOVE A VAULT TOILET BUT NO FROM THE PARK ROADWAY 4HERE ARE STEEP SPOTS BUT RUNNING WATER THEY ARE NOT DIFlCULT FOR 3TEAMBOAT 2OCK MOST HIKERS 4HE PAN 3TATE 0ARK IS PART OF ORAMIC VIEW FROM THE THE STATE S RESERVA TOP IS WONDERFUL 4HERE TION CAMPING SYS ARE APPROXIMATELY TEM 2ESERVATIONS ACRES AT THE SUMMIT FOR CAMPING CAN (IKERS MAY ALSO VEN BE MADE ONLINE AT TURE INTO .ORTHRUP WWW PARKS WA GOV #ANYON WHERE THEY OR BY CALLING WILL lND ACRES OF 4HE POP FORESTEDRAVINESTUCKED ULAR CAMPGROUND AWAY BETWEEN COULEE FILLS UP FAST AND WALLS 4HE AREA HARBORS EARLY RESERVATIONS THE ONLY NATURAL FOREST ARE RECOMMENDED IN 'RANT #OUNTY AND 4HE PARK IS OPEN IS A NESTING GROUND FOR CAMPING YEAR FOR THE BALD EAGLE AND ROUND A PEACEFUL HOME FOR Please Note: A OTHER WILDLIFE 4O HIKE permit is reTHE AREA CONTACT THE QUIRED FOR BOAT RANGERS AT 3TEAMBOAT LAUNCHING AND 2OCK 3TATE 0ARK TRAILER DUMPING ! FEW CAUTIONS $O NOT at the park. A WANDER TOO NEAR THE BOAT LAUNCHING EDGE OF THE ROCK "ASALT annual pass may IS NOT STABLE ROCK UPON be obtained at WHICH TO DEPEND FOR THE PARK OFlCE OR SOUND FOOTING WHEN from the WashAPPROACHING THE EDG INGTON 3TATE ES 3TAND A RESPECTABLE Parks CommisDISTANCEFROMTHEEDGE sion in Olympia, "E AWARE ALSO THAT THIS Banks Lake Golf Course 7ASHINGTON IS RATTLESNAKE COUNTRY 2ATTLESNAKES ARE GENERALLY NOT LETHAL BUT THEY SHOULD BEAVOIDED 9OUWILLlNDTHEMAROUNDMOSTOFTHELOCAL TRAILS DURING SUMMER MONTHS 7HILE NOT PARTICULARLY AGGRESSIVE THEY HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO BITE )F BITTEN
"OAT LAUNCHING RAMPS CAN BE FOUND AT 3TEAMBOAT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION &INALLY IF YOU PLAN TO HIKE AN 2OCK 3TATE 0ARK MILES SOUTH OF 'RAND #OULEE ON HOUR OR MORE CARRY WATER TO QUENCH YOUR THIRST AND 32 AND AT #OULEE 0LAYLAND 2ESORT IN %LECTRIC #ITY HELP AVOID LEG CRAMPS 4HERE ARE TWO OTHER LAUNCHING SITES FOUND ABOUT MIDWAY ALONG THE LAKE /NE IS AT "ARKER #ANYON ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE LAKE AND THE OTHER IS ON THE SMALL PENINSULA THAT JUTS OUT TOWARD 3TEAMBOAT 2OCK FROM THE EAST SIDE OF THE LAKE JUST OFF THE 32 9ES THE PUBLIC MAY GOLF AT "ANKS ,AKE 'OLF AND 7HILE BOATING IS GREAT FUN ON "ANKS ,AKE NAVIGATORS #OUNTRY #LUB LOCATED APPROXIMATELY MILESWEST OF ARE CAUTIONED THAT THE LAKE CAN BECOME ROUGH VERY %LECTRIC #ITY AND ABOUT lVE MILES FROM 'RAND #OULEE QUICKLY +EEPANEYEONTHEWEATHER ANDCARRYTHENEC $AM ON 32 ESSARY SAFETY EQUIPMENTÂ&#x2C6;mOTATION DEVICES FOR EACH 4HE HOLE COURSE IS CARVED OUT OF THE NATURAL SLOPE
What about hiking?
Where can I launch my boat?
Is there golfing in the coulee?
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Colvilles — Native People Who are the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation?
&OR HUNDREDS OF YEARS BE FORE EXPLORERS AND SETTLERS REACHED THE LANDS OF THE #OLUMBIA 0LATEAU NUMER OUS TRIBES OF NATIVE PEOPLE OCCUPIED THE TERRITORY OF EASTERN 7ASHINGTON 5P TO THE MID S THE ANCESTORS OF THE #OLVILLE #ONFEDERATED 4RIBES WERE NOMADIC BUT LIFE CHANGED FOR THEM WITH THE COMING OF SETTLERS IN THE S
4HE NEW EXHIBITS AT THE #OLVILLE 4RIBAL -USEUM IN #OULEE $AM OFFER A FULL PERPSECTIVE OF ALL ASPECTS OF )NDIAN LIFE FROM EARLY DAYS UNTIL THE PRESENT
4ODAY THE #OLVILLE #ONFEDERATED 4RIBES IS MADE UP OF DIFFERENT BANDS OF )NDIANS %LEVEN BANDS ARE FROM EASTERN 7ASHINGTON STATE AND ONE BAND THE .EZ 0ERCE IS FROM NORTHEAST /REGON 4HE BANDS ARE 7ENATCHI %NTIAT #HELAN -ETHOW /KANOGAN
.ESPELEM 3AN 0OIL ,AKES -OSES 0ALUS .EZ 0ERCE AND 3WEELPOO
How did these native Americans live?
!S NOMADIC PEOPLES THE DIFFERENT BANDS FOLLOWED THE SEASONS AND THEIR SOURCES OF FOOD $EER AND OTHER BIG GAME PLUS DRIED SALMON WERE THE PRIMARY FOOD OF WINTER 3MALL GROUPS LIVED IN THE MOUNTAINS AND HUNTED THE ABUNDANT GAME )NTHESPRING THENATIVEPEOPLECONGREGATEDINSLIGHTLY LARGER GROUPS TO GATHER CAMAS AND OTHER ROOTS IN THE LOWER VALLEYS 4HROUGH THE SUMMER AND FALL THE #OLUMBIA 2IVERPROVIDEDABUNDANTSALMONANDOTHER lSHWHICHENCOURAGEDLARGECONCENTRATIONSOF3ALISH SPEAKING #OLVILLE PEOPLE
How did the different bands come to be called the “Colville” Tribes?
-ANY DIFFERENT TRIBES lSHED AND TRADED GOODS WITH EACH OTHER IN THE AREA OF +ETTLE &ALLS 7ASHINGTON )N
THE S WHITE PEOPLE LEARNED THAT THE )NDIANS EXCELLED AT TRAPPING AND STALKING GAME FOR THE LARGE FUR TRADE &OR THIS PURPOSE A NEW FORT WAS ESTABLISHED AT +ETTLE &ALLS BY A MAN NAMED 3IMPSON 4HE NEW POST WAS TO BE CALLED &ORT #OLVILE AFTER THE LEADING MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE OF DIRECTORS IN ,ONDON !NDREW7EDDERBURN#OLVILE !NDREW#OLVILE
WHO WAS IN THE RUM AND MOLASSES BUSINESS NEVER SET FOOT IN !MERICA (E HAD HOWEVER ADVANCED 3IMPSON TO HIS POSITION OF LEADERSHIP 4RADING TOOK PLACE AT &ORT #OLVILE ALMOST DAILY &ROM TO )NDIANS TRADED BEAVER BROWN OR BLACK BEAR GRIZZLY MUSKRAT lSHER FOX LYNX MARTIN MINK
OTTER RACCOON WOLVERINE BADGER AND WOLF "EAVER AND OTTER WERE MOST IMPORTANT BUT MARTIN AND BEAR BECAME POPULAR AFTER THE S !S MANY AS PELTS A YEAR WENT OUT OF &ORT #OLVILE 4HE WORDh#OLVILLEvWAS USED BY GOVERNMENT OFlCIALS NOT THE ABORIGINAL )NDIANS WHO NEVER MET !NDREW #OLVILE !S TIME WENT ON AND FOR CONVENIENCE THE TERM h#OLVILLEv CAME MORE AND MORE TO BE USED AS A DESIGNATIONFORTHENATIVEPEOPLEOFTHISAREA "ECAUSE OF&ORT#OLVILE ALLNEIGHBORING BANDSWERE EVENTUALLY CONFEDERATED AS #OLVILLE )NDIANS "Y EXECUTIVE ORDER OF 0RESIDENT 5LYSSES 3 'RANT ON !PRIL THE #OLVILLE )NDIAN 2ESERVATION WAS FORMED AND BECAME THE PERMANENT HOME TO THE BANDS 3T 0AUL S -ISSION NEAR +ETTLE &ALLS TODAY INCLUDES THE ORIGINAL SITE OF &ORT #OLVILE ONCE THE SECOND LARGEST CENTER FOR FUR TRADING IN THE .ORTHWEST AND
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A RUSTIC LOG MISSIONARY CHURCH .EARBY IS THE +ETTLE &ALLS (ISTORICAL #ENTER "UILDING WHICH FEATURES NATIVE !MERICAN CRAFTS HISTORY AND A RETAIL SHOP 4HE EXHIBIT IS OPEN WEEKENDS IN -AY AND 7EDNESDAY THROUGH 3UNDAY AM TO PM FROM *UNE THROUGH ,ABOR$AY
When were the boundaries of the Colville reservation established?
Where is the tribal government located?
4RIBAL HEADQUARTERS ARE LOCATED ON THE #OLVILLE )NDIAN !GENCY CAMPUS NEAR THE TOWN OF .ESPELEM
What kind of businesses are operated by the Colville Tribes?
Powwow in Nespelem 4IMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS ARE 4HEORIGINALRESERVATIONWASINEXIS AT THE HEART OF THE #OLVILLE 4RIBES TENCE FOR LESS THAN THREE MONTHS OF WHEN OTHER EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND AGREEMENTS MULTI MILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRIES /VERSEEING THE BEGAN TO TAKE PORTIONS OF THE RESERVATION FOR PUBLIC MILLION IN TRIBAL BUSINESS VENTURES ON THE RESERVATION DOMAIN /VER A YEAR PERIOD THE #OLVILLE )NDIAN IS THE #OLVILLE 4RIBAL %NTERPRISE #ORPORATION #4%# 2ESERVATION WAS REDUCED TO ITS PRESENT SIZE LESS THAN 4HERE ARE ABOUT PEOPLE EMPLOYED ON THE RESERVATION HALF THE ORIGINAL !LONGSIDE ITS TIMBER OPERATION #4%# OPERATES A VENEER AND POWER PLANT AND A SAWMILL NEAR /MAK
7ASH ANDASTATE OF THE ARTWOODTREATMENTPLANTAT )NCHELIUM !BOUT MILLION BOARD FEET OF LUMBER ARE LOGGEDEACHYEAR 4HE4RIBESALSOHASITSOWNNURSERYTO REPLANT AND GROW TREES 4REATED POSTS AND POLES FROM THE RESERVATION ARE MARKETED ALL OVER THE WORLD 4HE #OLVILLE )NDIAN RESERVATION IS SQUARE MILES 4HETRIBALlSHHATCHERYSTOCKSALLTHELAKESANDSTREAMS Â&#x2C6; ABOUT MILLION ACRES )T IS BIGGER THAN THE STATE IN NORTH CENTRAL 7ASHINGTON STATE OF 2HODE )SLAND !NOTHER SOURCE OF TRIBAL TOURISM INCOME COMES FROM THE 4RIBES THREE CASINOS AT -ANSON #OULEE $AM AND /KANOGAN 4HERE ARE THREE GROCERY STORES ON THE RESERVATION ALL OWNED AND OPERATED BY #4%# 4HE #4%# OFlCES ARE LOCATED IN #OULEE $AM -ORE THAN PEOPLE ARE MEMBERS OF THE #OLVILLE #ONFEDERATED 4RIBES
How big is the Colville reservation?
How many Colvilles are there today? How is the reservation governed today?
4ODAY S#OLVILLES ANENTERPRISINGANDPROGRESSIVECOM MUNITY OF PEOPLE ARE A SOVEREIGN NATION GOVERNED BY THEIR OWN ADMINISTRATIVE AND JUDICIAL BRANCHES WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE RESERVATION ,EADING THE TRIBAL MEMBERSHIP IS A MEMBER BUSINESS COUNCIL ELECTED FROM THE FOUR RESERVATION DISTRICTS OF /MAK
.ESPELEM +ELLER AND )NCHELIUM
What are some of the cultural/religious practices on the reservation?
0ROUD OF THEIR HERITAGE THE )NDIAN CULTURE AND RELIGIONS ARE VERY MUCH ALIVE AND ACTIVE ON THE #OLVILLE RESERVATION 4HERE ARE THE 3EVEN $RUMS AND THE )NDIAN 3HAKER RELIGIONS AS WELL AS THE )NDIAN 7INTER #HINOOK $ANCES THE ANNUAL SPRING THANKSGIVING 2OOT &EASTS AND THE MEMORIAL GIVE AWAYS IN HONOR OF THE DECEASED 4ODAY MANY OF THE YOUNG AND ELDER TRIBAL MEM BERS CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE SEASONAL EVENTS SUCH AS
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! GROUP OF MOSTLY #OLVILLE VETERANS AND OTHERS GATHER FOR AN ANNUAL 6ETERANS $AY CEREMONY IN FRONT OF TRIBAL HEADQUARTERS "Y FAR THE PROPORTION OF VETERANS IS HIGHER AMONG !MERICAN )NDIANS THAN ANY OTHER GROUP IN !MERICA THE ANNUAL 3UNmOWER &ESTIVAL AT THE 0ASCHAL 3HER MAN )NDIAN 3CHOOL /MAK THE *ULY TH 0OWWOW #ELEBRATION AT .ESPELEM THE POWWOW AT THE /MAK 3TAMPEDE IN !UGUST AND OTHER TRADITIONAL GATHERINGS !T THESE EVENTS AND AT A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS ON THE RESERVATION MEMBERS DISPLAY TRADITIONAL BEAD AND BUCKSKIN ITEMS OFTEN DONE IN DESIGNS HANDED DOWN FOR GENERATIONS )N .ESPELEM THE POWWOW TAKES PLACE IN THE 4RIBES h#IRCLE v A TRADITIONAL GATHERING PLACE )NDI ANS ARRIVE FROM RESERVATIONS IN -ONTANA )DAHO
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Is there an Indian museum?
&ROM .ESPELEM TAKE #ACHE #REEK ROAD OVER A QUIET AND PICTURESQUE MOUNTAIN PASS TO +ELLER ON THE 3AN 0OIL ARM OF ,AKE 2OOSEVELT 4HERE IS A FREE FERRY ACROSS ,AKE 2OOSEVELT HERE WHICH HAS BEEN IN OPERATION 4HE #OLVILLE 4RIBAL -USEUM HAS OPENED ITS DOORS TO SINCE &ARTHER EASTOVERANOTHER FORESTEDMOUN THE NEWLY RENO TAIN PASS IS THE SCE VATED MUSEUM NIC COMMUNITY OF AND EXHIBITS )NCHELIUM )F TRAVEL 4HE MUSEUM IS ING WEST CONTINUE FROM .ESPELEM ON OPEN FROM (IGHWAY OVER P M 4UESDAY BEAUTIFUL $ISAUTEL THROUGH 3AT 0ASSTO/MAKINTHE URDAY UNTIL ,A SUNNY /KANOGAN BOR $AY THEN 6ALLEY ON -ONDAY 4HERE ARE WELL THROUGH &RIDAY STOCKED LAKES ON 4HE MUSEUM THE RESERVATION lRST OPENED IN WITHLIMITEDlSHING AND IS LO AS WELL AS HUNTING CATED IN #OU FOR NON MEMBERS )NFORMATION ABOUT LEE $AM AT 4HE MUSEUM INCLUDES DISPLAYS THAT OFFER INSIGHT INTO MANY ASPECTS OF THESE SPORTING AC -EAD 7AY $UR )NDIAN LIFE INCLUDING GATHERING FOOD SOMETHING FOR WHICH THIS HORSE TIVITIES IS AVAILABLE ING THE EX STANDS READY FROM THE4RIBAL &ISH HIBIT GALLERYWAS AND 7ILDLIFE $E CLOSED FOR RENO PARTMENT IN .ESPELEM VATION )N -ARCH THE 'RAND /PENING BECAME A REALITY FOR THE BANDS OF THE #ONFEDERATED4RIBES OF THE #OLVILLE )NDIAN 2ESERVATION REPRESENTING THE /KANOGAN .ESPELEM 3ANPOIL #HIEF *OSEPH "AND OF THE .EZ 0ERCE #HELAN 7ENATCHI %NTIAT -ETHOW
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What can visitors see and do on the reservation?
7HILETRAVELING THROUGHTHE#OLVILLE2ESERVATION VISI TORS ARE INVITED TO VISIT THE TRIBAL HEADQUARTERS NEAR .ESPELEMORTHEOTHERRESERVATIONCOMMUNITIES *UST ANOTHER TWO MILES NORTH IN THE TOWN OF .ESPELEM
IS A MEMORIAL TO #HIEF *OSEPH WHO WAS SENT TO THE RESERVATION IN WITH OF HIS BAND OF .EZ 0ERCE )NDIANS *OSEPH FAMOUS FOR HIS INTELLIGENCE AND PEACEKEEPING EFFORTS IS BEST REMEMBERED FOR THE HEROIC MARCH BY HIS PEOPLE IN THE LATE S IN AN EFFORT TO RESIST THE GRADUAL AND PAINFUL TAKEOVER OF )NDIAN LAND BY NON )NDIANS
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Laser Show Facts
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AS ONE OF THE LARGEST ENTERTAINMENT LASER PROJECTION SYSTEMS IN Show Times THE WORLD THE LASERS Nightly at Grand Coulee Dam AT 'RAND #OULEE $AM INCLUDE TWO ARGON AND TWO KRYPTON BEAMS 0D\ WR -XO\ DW S P !RGON PRODUCES BLUE $XJ WR $XJ DW S P 4HE BEST LOCATIONS ARE THE AND GREEN LIGHT AND 6HSW WR 6HSW DW S P. SEATING AREA AT THE 6ISITOR KRYPTON PRODUCES RED #ENTER AND FROM THE PARK LIGHT "Y COMBINING THE BELOW THE 6ISITOR #ENTER LIGHTS THROUGH A SYSTEM 4HESE AREAS PROVIDE AN OFMIRRORS ANDBYVARYINGTHEINTENSITY AFULLSPECTRUM OUTDOOR SOUND SYSTEM OF COLORS IS PRODUCED 4HE 4OWN OF #OULEE $AM HAS A PARK Â&#x2C6; TERRACED AND GRASSY FOR VIEWING THE LASER SHOW Â&#x2C6; ADJACENT TO THE EAST END OF THE #OLUMBIA 2IVER BRIDGE /THER VIEWING SPOTS ARE FROM THE PARKING LOT NEAR THE DAM S 4HIRD 0OWERHOUSE FROM $OUGLAS 0ARK IN 7ITH THE RIVER AS NARRATOR THE LASER LIGHT SHOW AT #OULEE $AM FROM #ROWN 0OINT ATOP THE GRANITE CLIFFS TELLS THE STORY OF THE #OLUMBIA 2IVER AND HOW ITS ABOVE ,AKE 2UFUS 7OODS ACCESS FROM 32 TOWARDS POWER WAS HARNESSED TO PROVIDE MULTIPLE BENElTS "RIDGEPORT TO MANKIND INCLUDING ELECTRICAL POWER IRRIGATION 4HE 53"2 BROADCASTS THE AUDIO PORTION OF THE LASER FOR FARMING AND EXCITING RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNI LIGHT SHOW NIGHTLY AT &- TIES
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7HAT IS A LASER
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Welcome to Wilbur )F IT IS OUTDOOR RECREATION YOU RE AFTER 7ILBUR IS THE PLACE TO BE 6ISITORS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME TO STOP BY THE SEMI PRIVATE "IG "END 'OLF AND #OUNTRY #LUB AT THE WEST END OF TOWN TO ENJOY A ROUND OR TWO ON THE CHALLENG ING NINE HOLE GOLF COURSE 4HE COURSE FEATURES WELL MAINTAINED GREENS ON A RELATIVELY LEVEL COURSE WITH A FEW SAND TRAPS 2ENTAL CLUBS AND CARTS ARE AVAILABLE AND LESSONS CAN BE PRO VIDEDFORANOVICEGOLFER 4HECLUBHOUSEGIVESVISITORSA PLACE TO RELAX AND ENJOY A COOL DRINK OR A BITE TO EAT %MERSON 0ARK AT THE EAST END OF TOWN BELONGS TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BUT IS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC USE 9OU CAN ENJOY A JOG AROUND THE TRACK A FAST PACED GAME OF TENNIS OR BRING A GROUP OF FAMILY OR FRIENDS FOR A GAME OF BASEBALL OR TOUCH FOOTBALL $OWNTOWN YOU CAN RELAX IN THE SHADE OF ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CITY PARKS AROUND 4HE WELL KEPT LAWNS ARE FRAMED WITH SPLENDID OLD TREES AND A RUSTIC FOOTBRIDGECROSSES'OOSE#REEK WHICHmOWSTHROUGH THE CENTER OF THE PARK 4HE #ENTENNIAL 0AVILION AT THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PARK IS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC USE !CROSS FROM THE CREEK IS THE PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL 4HE 7ILBUR POOL IS OPEN THROUGHOUT THE SUM MER MONTHS AND FOR A SMALL FEE LOCAL RESIDENTS AND VISITORS CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A REFRESHINGSWIM 4HEWESTENDFEATURESADIVINGBOARD
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A crop duster outside of Wilbur. KNOWN AS 7ILD 'OOSE "ILL AND A YOUNG MAN NAMED "ARTON 0ARKS WERE BOTH KILLED IN THE SHOOTOUT !NOTHER IMPORTANT DISPLAY INVOLVES THE OUTLAW (ARRY 4RACY WHO DIED FROM A SELF INmICTED GUNSHOT WOUND IN A WHEAT lELD EAST OF #RESTON IN !UGUST
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The Okanogan County Courthouse has been the subject of much debate over the last few years â&#x20AC;&#x201D; whether to keep the old building because of its KLVWRULFDO VLJQLĂ&#x20AC;FDQFH RU EXLOG D QHZ FRPSOH[ 9RWHUV GHFLGHG WR NHHS LW DQG LW V EHLQJ UHWURĂ&#x20AC;WWHG with modern necessities. At right, a monument to those men from Okanogan County who gave their lives during "the world war."
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Welcome to /KANOGAN #OUNTY 9OUHAVEJUSTDISCOVERED7ASHINGTON3TATE SBEST KEPT SECRET Â&#x2C6; /KANOGAN /KANOGAN IS THE HEART OF THE SCENIC HISTORIC AND FRUITFUL /KANOGAN 6ALLEY ,OCATED IN NORTH CENTRAL 7ASHINGTON MILES FROM THE #ANADIAN BORDER /KA NOGANRESIDENTSENJOYAQUALITYOFLIFECHARACTERIZEDBY EXTRAORDINARYSCENICBEAUTY LOWTAXES RECREATION LOW COST OF LIVING AND FOUR DISTINCT SEASONS EACH YEAR /KANOGAN HAS BECOME A MAGNET FOR YOUNG FAMI LIES RETIREES BUSINESSES TOURISTS LIGHT INDUSTRY AND RECREATION ENTHUSIASTS LOOKING FOR A PRISTINE ENVIRON MENT 4HE /KANOGAN 6ALLEY IS ONE OF THE FEW REMAINING LOCATIONS WHERE INDIVIDUAL BOLDNESS AND ENTERPRISE ARE REWARDED AND WHERE PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE ARE VIEWED WITH ENTHUSIASM AND PROMISE /KANOGAN IS A 3ALISH )NDIAN WORD MEANING h2EN DEZVOUS v 3OMETIMES CALLED h4HE ,ATE &RONTIER v THE /KANOGAN6ALLEYSAWHABITATIONBY.ATIVE!MERICANS FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS AND Â&#x2C6; BELATEDLY COMPARED TO OTHER REGIONS OF THE COUNTRY Â&#x2C6; SAW A SUCCESSION OFEXPLORERS PROSPECTORS MINERS TRAPPERS CATTLEMEN
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&LOWING THROUGH THE /KANOGAN 6ALLEY JUST NORTH OF /MAK THE /KANOGAN 2IVER SLIPS DOWN THE CLEFT OF WHAT GEOLOGISTS SAY IS THE MEETING POINT OF TWO ANCIENT SUBCONTINENTS THAT ONCE WERE SEPARATED BY A SEA
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4O REACH THE PARK TAKE THE 2IVERSIDE CUT OFF ROAD FROM (IGHWAY MILES NORTH OF /MAK 4HE CUT OFF ROAD WILL INTERSECT (IGHWAY FOLLOW THIS HIGHWAY MILES TO #ONCONULLY AND FOLLOW SIGNS TO THE PARK
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GUIDED HORSEBACK RIDES AND BOAT RENTALS 4O lND THE PARK DRIVE MILES WEST ON (IGHWAY FROM 0ATEROS TURN LEFT ON !LTA ,AKE 2OAD AND FOLLOW THE SIGNS TO THE PARK !FTER A BUSY DAY TOURISTS WISHING FOR A LITTLE RELAXATION AND ENTERTAINMENT COMBINATION ARE URGED TO ATTEND A PROGRAM AT /MAK S 0ERFORMING !RTS #ENTER 4HE ORGANIZATIONgS ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO BRING THE WORLD S GREAT PERFORMERS TO /KANOGAN #OUNTY IN ITS STATE OF THE ART THEATER 4HECENTERPRESENTSLIVEMUSIC DANCE ANDSERIOUSADULT THEATER 3TAND UP AND CLAP ALOUD AS FAMILY ENTERTAIN MENT ABOUNDS FROM THE SEAT CENTER
Celebrate Grant #OUNTYgS (ISTORY
A walk thru the past… in Grant County's Historical Museum, situated on 3-3/4 acres, a complex of 35 buildings preserving the historical legacy of Grant County. The Historical Village comes to life at the Annual Living Museum & Pioneer Day.
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NATION IS THE SMALL ISOLATED COMMUNITY OF 3TEHEKIN WHICH SITS AT THE HEAD OF THE ANCIENT LAKE AND AT THE FOOT OF A MOUNTAIN PASS ONCE USED BY )NDIANS TRAVELING ON FOOT OVER THE MOUNTAINS 3TEHEKIN IS AN OLD )NDIAN WORD MEANING hTHE WAY THROUGH v $URING YOUR LAYOVER IN 3TEHEKIN MAKE SURE TO ENJOY ONE OF THE SEVERAL VALLEY TOURS OF FERED 2ESERVATIONS CAN BE MADE IN ADVANCE WITH THE ,ADY OF THE ,AKE TO ENSURE AVAILABIL ITY 4HE NEW h,ADY #ATh CUTS THE TRAVEL TIME TO THE OTHER END WITH SPEEDS UP TO MILES PER HOUR
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Winter View from the air: Courtesy Lake Chelan Boat Co.
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2ACERS GUIDE THEIR HORSES ACROSS THE SHALLOW /KANOGAN 2IVER DURING THE /MAK 3TAMPEDE PART OF A RODEO
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BOWLING 2IVERVIEW ,ANES .................................. CASINOS #OULEE $AM #ASINO ........................... CLOTHING #OULEE 0LAYLAND ..................................... (ARVEST &OODS .........................................2 2AWSONgS ................................................ 2OCKINg " 0RINTS .................................... 6ARIETY 3TORE ............................................ FARM TOURS $ - 'ARDENS 3PRING #ANYON !LPACAS .................... FURNITURE ,OEPPS ....................................................... FRUIT STANDS 3HAWgS ........................................................3 FISHING SUPPLIES "ENTZ 4ACKLE .......................................... #OULEE 0LAYLAND ..................................... ( ( 'ROCERY ........................................... '!3/,).% -%#(!.)#3 -0( !UTO -ARINE ........................... 4IM S #ORNERS 5NION ................. 4RADING 0OST.......................................... 7HITLEY &UEL ..........................................
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