Near International Selkirk Loop (Washington Route 31) 0.6 miles south of Box Canyon Dam Road, on the left when traveling south.
You are looking at Box Canyon Dam, which is owned and operated by the Pend Oreille Public Utility District.
The project was built in 1955. There are four generators in the project that generate 60MW of electricity. This is enough electricity to . . . — — Map (db m197110) HM
On Box Canyon Dam Road east of International Selkirk Loop ( Highway 31), on the right when traveling east.
His dynamic leadership guided the formation and development of Public Utility District No. 1 of Pend Oreille County and completion of Box Canyon Dam in 1955.
On International Selkirk Loop (State Road 31) south of Box Canyon Dam Road.
Allan Emrick was a dedicated
Public Utility District employee
who was committed to his family,
his community, and his job.
Much of the fiber optic communication
revolution successes that occurred in
Pend Oreille County in the late 1990s
were . . . — — Map (db m291874) HM
Near International Selkirk Loop (Washington Route 31) 0.6 miles south of Box Canyon Dam Road, on the left when traveling south.
Only a few high-powered steamboats were able to make it through the rocks and rapids of Box Canyon until the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completed blasting and clearing rock to widen and deepen the channel. Before 1907, most passengers and freight . . . — — Map (db m197111) HM
On International Selkirk Loop (State Road 31) south of Box Canyon Dam Road.
Before 1910 Box Canyon, barely half a mile long,
intimidated every passing traveler on the Pend Oreille.
It offered three choices. Turn Back, Portage around.
Or try to run the Canyon.
”This was the terror of the river. All we met . . . — — Map (db m291875) HM
