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The Lost River is so-named because the brook draining the southern part of Kinsman Notch disappears below the surface in a narrow, steep-walled glacial gorge. The gorge is partially filled with immense blocks of granite, through the spaces of which the brook cascades along its subterranean course until it eventually emerges and joins the Pemigewasset River, which flows southward from Franconia ...
The Flume Gorge (locally, just The Flume) is a natural gorge extending 800 ft (240 m) horizontally at the base of Mount Liberty in Franconia Notch State Park, New Hampshire, United States. Cut by Flume Brook, the gorge features walls of Conway granite that rise to a height of 70 to 90 ft (21 to 27 m) and are 12 to 20 ft (3.7 to 6.1 m) apart.
Attractions in the state park include the Flume Gorge [4] and visitor center, [5] the Old Man of the Mountain historical site, [6] fishing in Echo Lake and Profile Lake, and miles of hiking, biking and ski trails. [7] The park is home to Cannon Mountain, a state-owned ski resort started in the 1930s. The mountain is named for a rock formation ...
This picture of Lower Oneonta Falls in the Columbia River Gorge, taken by Kyle Martz of Salem in April 2015, got 75 votes in the Statesman Journal’s Winter Waterfall photography contest.
The project provides water to about 210,000 acres (85,000 ha) of cropland, 62% of which are in Oregon and 38% in California. Water from the Lost River basin is diverted to the Klamath River basin, mainly through the Lost River Diversion Channel, about 4 mi (6.4 km) downstream of Olene. The 8 mi (13 km) channel can also supply water by reverse ...
Two hikers were lost and one died after hiking in the Columbia River Gorge this weekend. Two hikers survived a night spent lost at the top of a cliff, and a third died in a fall in the Columbia ...
A dramatic change begins for how to visit the waterfall corridor of the Columbia River Gorge. New permits to enter Columbia Gorge's 'waterfall corridor' begin. Here's how it works
President Jimmy Carter signed legislation establishing New River Gorge National River on November 10, 1978 (Pub. L. 95–625).As stated in the legislation, the park was established as a unit of the national park system "for the purpose of conserving and interpreting outstanding natural, scenic, and historic values and objects in and around the New River Gorge, and preserving as a free-flowing ...