Box Elder Canyon is a canyon located within the western slopes of the Wellsville Mountains, a branch of the Wasatch Range of the Rocky Mountains in Box Elder County, Utah, United States. Box Elder Can
Traveling southerly (west) along US 89 / US 91 heading down the canyon from the top (immediately west of Mantua), July 2007
Mantua, Utah
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Mantua is a town on the eastern edge of Box Elder County, Utah, United States. The population of the town was 1,090 at the 2020 census.
Box Elder Canyon (Box Elder County, Utah)
…impoundment created in 1961 through the construction of an earthen-fill dam at the upper mouth of the canyon, adjacent to the small farming community of Mantua (locally pronounced "man-uh-way"). From Mantua, US‑89/US‑91 enters Dry Canyon for 3 miles (4.8 km) before the combined routes reach their apex at Sardine…
Mantua, as seen from US-89/US-91, September 2008
Spring in the foothills on the west side of Mantua, May 2015