Snake River and Hell's Canyon

 
Homestead, Baker County, Oregon at bottom of 'V' lower left.  Road to Hell's Canyon Dam on Idaho side of Snake River. Still Baker County looking east to Idaho, Snake River somewhere below
Taken from top of North Pine Creek ridge with Homestead out of sight below right.  Ahead on Snake River is Hell's Canyon Park in Idaho and you can faintly see a road winding up the mountain adjacent to the park which goes to Cuprum which was a famous gold mining area beginning in the 1800's
Hell's Canyon Dam from the white water side 1969
Farewell Bend under assault 1995
Hell's Canyon Park shown from previous photo.  Homestead lies in the bend of the river ahead and the top of the ridge beyond is where I took the next photo
Across from North Pine Ridge to Idaho in the background

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