| Title |
Norman D. Nevills' 1938 Green and Colorado Rivers expedition. Logs laid for dragging boats up 45 degree slope on portage job, Rapid 24, Cataract Canyon. |
| Photo Number |
P0341n02_08_08 |
| Description |
Photo shows preparation for getting Nevills Expedition boats up a steep slope for portaging around a rapid in Cataract Canyon, Utah, July 1938. This may be along a series of rapids later named Big Drop Rapids, which they portaged around on July 27 and 28 |
| Keywords |
Nevills Expeditions; River running; Journeys; Expeditions; Portages; Cataract Canyon (Wayne County-San Juan County, Utah); Cataract Canyon Wilderness (Utah); Colorado River (Colorado-Mexico); Logs (wood); Fluvial landforms |
| Subject |
Nevills Expeditions--Photographs; Boats and boating--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--Photographs; Cataract Canyon (Utah)--Photographs; Rapids--Photographs |
| Additional Information |
The expedition started in Green River, Utah, on June 20, 1938 and ended at Lake Mead, Arizona on August 1, 1938. They reached the top of Cataract Canyon on June 23 and reached the bottom on July 2 |
| Spatial Coverage |
Cataract Canyon (Wayne County-San Juan County, Utah); Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) |
| Latitude |
38.072222 |
| Longitude |
-110.046111 |
| Collection Number and Name |
P0341 Norman D. and Doris Nevills Photograph Collection |
| Collection Name |
Norman D. and Doris Nevills |
| Relation is Part of |
Utah River Running Archives |
| Date |
1938-07-27; 1938-07-28 |
| Textual Date |
July 27, 1938-July 28, 1938 |
| Donated By/Purchased From |
Gift of daughters Joan Nevills-Staveley and Sandra Nevills Reiff in 1988. |
| Rights |
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| Type |
Image |
| Finding Aid |
http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv17126/ |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s68w44ws |
| Setname |
uum_map_rr |
| ID |
1341902 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s68w44ws |
