Category Archives: Astounding Facts

Stuff you’d never guess.

Here’s your visitor guide

A boat on Banks Lake is tiny against the massive wall of the Upper Grand Coulee.

Here’s our 2023-24 Visitors’ Guide, the print version in online form. Use this to keep it “in your pocket” for quick reference

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Pick up the actual print version just about anywhere in town, at the Visitor Center at Grand Coulee Dam or at several visitor centers around the state.

changes coming for Spring Canyon?

Kids jump off the popular swimming platform at Spring Canyon.

You have until the end of the day on May 30, 2020 to comment on potential changes in Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area, including Spring Canyon, and on the potential removal of the swim dock, removal of the concession building, and more.

Find out more in this story. There’s a link you can use to comment to the National Park Service on its draft plans.

Geologist highlights the region in video series

Geologist Nick Zentner, who host the series Nick on the Rocks, describes the geology of Steamboat Rock in this video. Zentner has also described nearby Dry Falls , and many other features of the Pacific NorthWest. Check out this video, and also read an article about a lecture he gave at the Grand Coulee Dam Visitor Center here. 

 

Wildlife videos from the Coulee

Steve Erwin, the Crocodile Hunter; Gordon Eastman; Jacques Cousteau; Nora Jenn: these are the names of great wildlife videographers.

Jenn, who lives in Coulee Dam and used to work for the National Park Service as well as the Bureau of Reclamation, films some interesting videos of animal life in our area and posts them on YouTube for all to enjoy.

One video shows a coyote howling on the ice of Banks Lake, while another shows a close-up of a young bald eagle eating a fish. Eagles trying to catch coots, an eagle swooping down close to a coyote, a hawk eating a mouse – these are just some of the other videos Jenn has filmed.

To read the full article go here and to view Jenn’s videos, go to http://www.youtube.com/couleedamsings.