Upper Lake Tour

The Photo Journey...............

Kettle Falls Bridge over Columbia River/Lake Roosevelt



Traveling up river towards the Canadian border

Ray and Eric chillin' and maxin' in the D.A.R.E. boat
People started scrambling around weird when we rode by.....hmmm?
Definitely out of service.....


Boundary Dam, just Canadian side on the upper Columbia River
(illegal entry into Canada)

Rapids at the Canadian/U.S. border
(illegal re-entry into U.S.)


Immature Moose at China Bend, west shore

St. Paul's Mission getting a new roof
Built in the 1830s on the bluff above Hudson Bay Co. Fort Colville just north of Kettle Falls
Catholic and Protestant missionaries trying to baptize and convert the Natives
Restored in 1938-1940 using historical tools and craftsmanship
Prehistoric and historic burials nearby
Portage route around Kettle Falls went right by here

Inside of Mission, late 1930s attempt at the hand-hewn log


Inside of Mission seeing daylight for the first time in a long time

Roof replaced using split shingles and hand-driven nails

'The Sharpening Stone'
Amphibolite erratic
Associated with major mountain building events when mafic igneous rocks (basalts and gabbros) are metamorphosed through depth of burial
Relocated near St. Paul's mission from Hayes Island, just north of Kettle Falls
Representing thousands of years of knife sharpening to butcher salmon caught at Kettle Falls