- Coeur d'Alene River
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The Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes follows the Coeur d'Alene River for several miles.
The Coeur d'Alene River flows 37 miles (60 km)[1] from the Silver Valley into Lake Coeur d'Alene in the U.S. state of Idaho. The stream continues out of Lake Coeur d'Alene as the Spokane River. Before the Bunker Hill Smelter in the Kellogg area, which produced lead and silver, was forced to adopt environmental controls in the 1970s, there was so much lead in the river in the Kellogg area the locals called the stream "Lead Creek."
Salmon levels continue to remain high in the area and it is a popular destination for water-skiing, tubing, and swimming for locals.
All of the real bodies of water in the film Dante's Peak were either the Coeur d'Alene River or one of its tributaries, as Wallace, Idaho, where the movie was filmed, is in the Silver Valley.
References
- ^ "The National Map". U.S. Geological Survey. http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/. Retrieved Feb. 17, 2011.
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Coordinates: 47°27′41.64″N 116°47′46.46″W / 47.4615667°N 116.7962389°W
Categories:- Idaho geography stubs
- Rivers of Idaho
- Landforms of Shoshone County, Idaho
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