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The river flows south from the dam and is a tributary of the South Fork of the Payette River. The reservoir and vicinity is commonly used for camping, water skiing, fishing, canoeing, and other outdoor recreation. The full pool surface elevation is just above a mile-high at 5,334 ft (1,626 m) above sea level.
The Payette River (/ p eɪ ˈ ɛ t /) is an 82.7-mile-long (133.1 km) [1] river in southwestern Idaho and a major tributary of the Snake River. Its headwaters originate in the Sawtooth and Salmon River Mountains at elevations over 10,000 feet (3,000 m).
Captained by veteran Oregon river pilot Len White, the Wright was the first steamboat to run on the Snake River and the Columbia above The Dalles. [17]: 75–76 [120]: 37 Two years later, Elias D. Pierce discovered gold to the east on Nez Perce treaty land.
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Lake Cascade State Park is a public recreation area consisting of multiple units totaling 500 acres (200 ha) around Lake Cascade, an impoundment of the North Fork of the Payette River that covers 27,000 acres (11,000 ha) [3] in Valley County, Idaho, United States.
[4] [5] [6] North of Horseshoe Bend, the highway ascends the Payette River and passes through several recreational areas, which offer rafting, fishing, and camping activities. SH-55 continues north, through the small communities of Banks and Smiths Ferry , then crosses the river via the Rainbow Bridge (built in 1933), originally known as the ...
The river flows south into Upper Payette Lake, then further south through a narrow valley into Payette Lake, with a surface elevation of 4,990 feet (1,520 m) above sea level. The river exits from the southwestern corner of the lake at McCall and flows southwards through Long Valley into Lake Cascade , a large reservoir formed by Cascade Dam .
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