Re: Where to canoe and stay in Northern Idaho

Hi Oci-One

While there are indeed dams in MT and ID, in the northern part of the state
there are a series of glacial lakes, some (like Flathead Lake) augmented by
dams-- the lakes were there before, but humans built relatively low dams (by
Western standards) at their outflow to raise the water level.  Lake Pend
Oreille and Lake Coeur D'Alene fall into this category.

Most of these large lakes have motors, however, and while incredibly
beautiful, offer poor opportunity for the solitude that the original poster
wanted.  Her best bet is probably Upper Priest Lake.  It is pretty wild, and
doesn't have the jetski traffic that the lower lakes have.

Idaho, the White Trash Empowerment State!  And as time goes on, it becomes
more and more, the U.S.A.-- the White Trash Empowerment Country!

Best,

Chuck

http://www.wildcountry.info

and in article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Oci-One
Kanubi at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 11/25/03 6:43 AM:

> Sorry I cannot tell you more.  I've boated a couple dozen river
> stretches along the Continental Divide from Glacier down into central
> Colorado, but it's all been whitewater canoeing, and I've only noticed
> the lakes when we drove past them, or when we boated dam releases.
> The area is lousy with artificial impoundments, though, and those all
> show up on the map, so a Mapquest/Google search oughta turn up
> something.