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Lewis River (Wyoming)

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309: 520: 269:. This short stretch of the river is the only portion of the river where boating is permitted. The river reemerges at the southern end of Lewis Lake and flows in a general southerly direction through a steep canyon roughly paralleling the south entrance road toward the south entrance of the park. Below Lewis Lake the river passes over several cascades and waterfalls including 321: 610: 29: 656: 603: 273:. Shortly before leaving the park, the Lewis River merges with the Snake River, changing the course of the Snake southward. The Snake soon flows out of Yellowstone into 636: 651: 468: 400: 288:
up to Class VI and takes a 29-foot (8.8 m) drop at Lewis Falls, the most famous of many waterfalls and rapids on this short but scenic river.
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Rivers, waterfalls, peaks and lakes in the Cascade Corner (Southwest) section of the park
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U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data.
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lewis River
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and flows southerly approximately 3 miles (5 km) to
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is an 18.1-mile-long (29.1 km) tributary of the
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United States
Wyoming
Shoshone Lake
Yellowstone National Park
Wyoming
44°21′19″N 110°39′54″W / 44.35528°N 110.66500°W / 44.35528; -110.66500
Mouth
Snake River
Yellowstone National Park
Wyoming
44°08′32″N 110°39′49″W / 44.14222°N 110.66361°W / 44.14222; -110.66361
National Wild and Scenic River
Snake River
Yellowstone National Park
Wyoming
Meriwether Lewis
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Shoshone Lake
Lewis Lake
Lewis Falls
Grand Teton National Park
Jackson Lake
rapids
Brown
rainbow
Yellowstone cutthroat trout
Lewis River
Lewis Falls
Fishes of Yellowstone National Park

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