The Deschutes River Canyon is so popular for whitewater rafting and kayaking in the summer that the State of Oregon finds it necessary to issue permits and limit access. The Deschutes offers mostly class I rapids with a couple serious Class IV runs in a high desert environment with sage brush, geological splendor, and blazing 100 degree plus sunshine. To top it all, Teddy Roosevelt thought that the Deschutes may be the finest trout fishing river in the world. The history is really colorful too. . . In 1855, U.S. Army Topographic Engineers declared that building a railroad along the narrow, basaltic cliffs of the Deschutes River gorge would be impossible. The economic incentive for such a railroad would be the billions of board-feet of Ponderosa pine in Bend. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Mar 20 1998 - 21:03:06 PST
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