Jet Boat Trip Into Hells Canyon Gorge

By GERRY BARKER
Splash Magazines Worldwide

(One of a series of stories about destinations visited during an American Cruise Lines cruise on American Encore to the Columbia and Snake Rivers, with stops in Washington, Oregon and Idaho.)

It’s called Hells Canyon, for good reason.
North America’s deepest river gorge, plunging nearly 8,000 feet at its deepest, surpasses the Grand Canyon by some 2,000 feet. Carved by the Snake River over millennia, it borders three states: Oregon, Washington and Idaho. At American Encore’s last stop at Clarkston, WA./ Lewiston, ID., guests who have signed up for the Snake River Jet Boat Adventure will get a first-hand look at the waters that struck fear into early pioneers and steamboat captains.

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