UNNAVIGABLE RIVER
! More than 100 years ago a swirling stream was discovered in North America, winding its turbulent path through canyons whose walls rise at times 6000 feet sheer above the water. The Salmon River, as it is called, is in Idaho, and was discovered during a geographical expedition a century ago, but all attempts to navigate it so far haye been unsuccessful. The mountains rise around the stream to heights of as much as 12,000 feet, and owing to the fierceness of the stream and the peculiar geological formations, the lonely canyon has acted as a sanctuary for all kinds of animals, birds, and fishes. Queer carvings were made in prehistoric times on the walls of the canyon, helped by the natural colours of the mineral formations. A group of scientists is now setting out with the hope cf navigating the rushing stream, and with them will be a photographer armed with the apparatus for taking colour photographs of the prehistoric pictures.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 31, 6 February 1936, Page 6
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163UNNAVIGABLE RIVER Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 31, 6 February 1936, Page 6
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