Bear River (Great Salt Lake)
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The Bear River is the largest tributary of the Great Salt Lake, draining a mountainous area and farming valleys northeast of the lake and southeast of the Snake River Plain. It flows through northeast
Bear River Canyon in Utah c. 1869
Bear Lake (Idaho–Utah)
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Bear Lake is a natural freshwater lake on the Idaho–Utah border in the Western United States. About 109 square miles in size, it is split about equally between the two states; its Utah portion compris
Bear River (Great Salt Lake)
…to transport the necessary machinery. In 1911 a dam was constructed at Wardboro, Idaho, that diverted the majority of the flow of the Bear River into Bear Lake, via Mud Lake to act as a reservoir for the irrigation district. Water rejoins the river via an outlet canal a short distance downstream from the…
The lake's intense turquoise color is due to the presence of suspended limestone
Bear Lake on the Utah side from the lookout on US Highway 89
Aerial view from the north, including Mud Lake and the outlet canal