Canyon Ferry Lake Helena, Montana
July 30, 2007. We are staying in Lincoln Road RV-Park Helena, MT less than a mile west of I-15 at exit 200. Lincoln Road RV-Park is about 10-miles north of downtown Helena but in a very good position to access everything in the area. $25.04 with Good Sam discount plus-taxes for FHU in nice gravel pull-thru sites with some shade. Free wifi was available but no cable TV. The free wifi was available but you had to take your laptop to the office (it wasn't available from your RV).
Big Belt Mountains
The mountains across Canyon Ferry Lake (10-miles east of Helena) are the Big Belts. The gulches that cut these mountains were prodigious gold producers in the 1860s. The most famous of them was Confederate Gulch at the southern end of the range. Discovered in 1864 by four ex-Confederate soldiers, the diggings proved to be among the richest in Montana. Confederate Gulch produced over $15-million in gold. Gold was so abundant that in one instance it clogged the miner's sluces while others made $1,000 per-pan of gravel. One miner later recalled seeing ungarded nail kegs filled with gold dust. By late 1867, Diamond City boasted a population of over 5,000 people and a reputation as the wealthiest, most rip-roaring and toughest mining camp in the territory. The boom collapsed in 1870 and the gulch was all but deserted by 1885. Today, little remains of one of Montana's richest and most colorful mining camps.
Sometimes, I don't understand information I am provided. The Confederate Gulch was discovered by ex-Confederate soldiers in the midst of the Civil War! Ex-Confederate Soldiers, how can their be Ex-Confederate soldiers when the war didn't end until April of 1865. Am I missing something? They sound more like deserters or "Confederate-Deserters" or some such moniker. I am sure some of you educated souls can help with my misunderstanding.
Canyon Ferry Lake
This is a picture of a marina on Canyon Ferry Lake located 10-miles southeast of Helena. It is created by a dam on the Missouri River. It is this reservoir that provides the water for all the irrigated farm land that you see in our Townsend travellogs.
Canyon Ferry Lake
This is Canyon Ferry Lake (reservoir) looking south.
Deer near Canyon Ferry Lake in Montana
We see so many deer in this area.
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