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351 " Q. After you left the canyon of Lodore, where are located the rapids in the state of Utah? " A. After you leave the canyon of Lodore? " Q. Yes. " A. Where are located the first rapids? " Q. In the state of Utah. " A. I am not certain of the location of Whirlpool and Split Mountain Canyon. There are rapids in both those canyons. " Q. Whirlpool and split Mountain Canyon are both of them in the state of Utah. " Just tell about coming through there. " A. The first rapids were in Whirlpool Canyon, if that is the first canyon, and I believe it is. Near the head of the canyon there are numerous other rapids throughout, until Island Park was reached." R. 902- 903. It was not necessary to portage any of the rapids in this stretch of the river between Split Mountain and Jensen, there were riffles large enough to be called rapids in his opinion and below Jensen the first rapids were in Desolation Canyon, where a number of rather bad ones were encountered; one of the outstanding being of the Hell's Half Mile type, out all of the rapids were more or less bad, " with protruding rocks in swift waters." R. 903. " Q. How about Desolation Canyon? " A. Desolation Canyon has many average bad rapids, I would say, and some rapids of small descent but of a very dangerous aspect, on account of the jumble of boulders |
