General Info: Hells Gate State Park is a perfect introduction to both Idaho’s Lewis and Clark country and to Hells Canyon, the deepest river gorge in North America. The park covers 960 acres and sits at an elevation of 733 ft. Here you’ll enjoy great fishing and boating on the Snake River just south of
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In 30-plus years of magazine work, quite possibly the best assignment I ever got was boarding a tug in Portland, Oregon and riding it, while it pushed a couple of barges, up the Columbia and Snake Rivers all the way to Lewiston, Idaho. Three days and nights on the rivers and seven hydroelectric dams provided
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