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Show are fewer dramatic formations in the canyon but a greater variety of land forms and an endless horizon. Peach Spring Draw, which joins Diamond Creek just before it enters the Colorado, provides the only natural grade suitable for a road to the bottom of Grand Canyon. Before the railroad was built to Grand Canyon Village, the old Diamond Creek Hotel near the mouth of the creek was the most popular place in the Grand Canyon. It may become popular again as an access point to the reservoir if Bridge Canyon Dam is constructed. Diamond Peak, near the junction of Peach Spring Draw and Diamond Creek, is one of the well- known geologic features of the canyon. Spencer and Meriwitica Canyons, west of the Bridge Canyon Dam site, are fine examples of side Figure 68.- Looking toward Whitmore Wash and Pine Mountains from Shivwits Plateau. 130 |