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We have a large selection of sit on top kayaks inflatable kayaks stand up paddle boards sup and fishing boats.

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We guide fishing and run backhauls upriver to glen canyon dam where our clients float back to the lee s ferry dock 16 miles or anywhere in between. The marble canyon dam also known as the redwall dam was a proposed dam on the colorado river in arizona the dam was intended to impound a relatively small reservoir in the central portion of marble canyon to develop hydroelectric power. He took us from lees ferry boat ramp up the colorado river to the glen canyon dam. Kayak horseshoe bend kayak horseshoe bend is a kayak canoe paddleboard and inflatable watercraft backhaul service.

Each time i d drive over the bridge i would look down. Marble canyon outfitters at lees ferry specializes in helping you make the most of your fly fishing experience at this wonderful destination. The dam is on paper for marble canyon. It s potential power output is calculated at two and three quarters billion killo watt hours a year.

Kelly outfitters at lees ferry is owned by steve kelly a marble canyon resident since 2005. As you work the riffle before you you have difficulty keeping your eye on the 12 parachute adams drifting gently in the crystal clear emerald green water in which you stand knee deep. Plans centered on two sites between miles 30 and 40 in the canyon. Proposed and investigated in the early 1950s by the united states bureau of reclamation 1 the proposal met substantial opposition notably from the sierra club when a revived proposal was considered by the state of arizona as part of the central arizona project from 1965 to 1968.

It would rise approximately 300 feet above the river surface and sink 100 feet below to bedrock. Marble canyon is the site of one of the last great proposed dam projects on the colorado the marble canyon dam. Kayaking marble canyon glen canyon dam to lee s ferry we have hiked all around page and lee s ferry. Hayden who would leave office in 1968 knew that the only way to gain the needed support for the central arizona project canal was to accede to the demands of the california congressmen and concede the dam at marble canyon.

The california delegation also objected to the marble canyon dam due to effective lobbying by the sierra club which had its headquarters in san francisco. Located about two hours from flagstaff arizona just below glen canyon dam and stretching from this part of the colorado river to its confluence with the little colorado river is marble canyon.

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