Cache La Poudre River
The
Cache La Poudre River
(sometimes called the
Poudre River
for short) is a tributary of the
South Platte River
in the state of
Colorado
in the
United States
. Its headwaters are in the
Front Range
in
Larimer County
, in the northern part of
Rocky Mountain National Park
. It descends eastward in the mountains through the
Roosevelt National Forest
in the
Poudre Canyon
. It emerges from the foothills north of the city of
Fort Collins
. It flows eastward across the
plains
, passing south of the city of
Greeley
, and flows into into South Platte approximately five miles east of Greeley. The name of the river means "hiding place of the powder" in
French
. It refers to an incident in the
1820s
when French trappers, caught by a snowstorm, were forced to bury part of their
gunpowder
along the banks of the river. The river is a popular summer destination for white-water rafting and
kayaking
in the Poudre Canyon. In
1986
, a portion of the river in the mountains was named as Colorado's first
National Wild and Scenic River
.
See also
List of Colorado rivers
External links
National Park Service: Cache La Poudre River
Ronald Reagan 1985 address to Congress
requesting wilderness designation of the river.
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