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Show Kolb- D 770 A Just across the line we entered Flaming gorge; it had some little riffles in it -- we called them rapids, because we hadn't seen any real rapids or hadn't taken our boat into any real rapids. Q Have you a photograph of Flaming gorge there? A No, I haven't. It is a very short canyon; in fact, there are three canyons, one right after the other; they are not more than twelve miles in length, Flaming gorge, Horseshow, and Kingfisher canyons; they change their name only because there is a difference in geological formation. Major Powell named those canyons, when he went through, and gave then those names at that time. Q Does that cover the entire territory from the Wyoming line to the Colorado line? A No sir. There is a little quiet water and part below those short canyons; then you come to Red canyon, which is quite an extensive canyon in length. I can not say for certain, I think it is something like sixty miles in length; I might be wrong about that. It has some bad water in it, some bad rapids. Q What do you mean by bad rapids? A Bad rapids in most cases up there are caused by side canyons which come in in the flood stages, washes rocks of all sizes up to ten feet in diameter into the river; they day the river; there is a great deal of silt as well washed into it, and it causes quiet water above that point, and the water 2738 |
