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Below: Lee Duquette on the narrow walkway that divides the waterfall and springs from the Missouri River. |
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When Lewis and Clark scouted for a portage route around the great falls, they first did so across the river and missed this unusual and beautiful natural springs. It is enormous and flows into two rivers: the Missouri and the Roe. |
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Below: The actual spring bubbling up in the center. Every 24 hours, 156 million gallons of water bubbles up from these springs and flows in the Missouri River via the Roe River. |
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Below: Looking
to the left of the walkway, away from the springs, at the Missouri River. |
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After walking across the narrow walkway shown above, the two RV Gypsies crossed over a small bridge and took photos looking towards the spring and waterfall. |
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 Then the water flows under the bridge and becomes one of the shortest rivers in the country at 201 feet (the Roe River), flowing into the longest river (The Missouri River), at 2, 540 miles long - 200 miles longer than the Mississippi River.
Note: Yet, according to signs in Oregon, The D River in Lincoln City, Oregon was once nameless and known as the shortest river in the world in the Guinness Book of Worlds Records (at 440) feet. Starting in 2006, the Guinness Book of World Records no longer lists a category for the shortest river. |
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Below: Looking straight down
into the clear water, it is hard to realize that the greenery is actually
below the water's surface. |
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Below: Looking
back at the Roe River from the edge of where it flows into the Missouri
River. |
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Below: Notice the difference in the color of the water in the Missouri River. The dark blue waters near the shoreline is the natural spring water and it maintains its purity for about one full mile before it blends into the Missouri River. |
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Below: Looking down into the crystal clear water near the spring. |
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Below: The really tiny fish in the inside hatchery. |
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