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Coeur d'Alene River

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- elevation
  
2,172 ft (662 m)

Basin area
  
3,763 kmĀ²

Source
  
Silver Valley, Idaho

Country
  
United States of America

- elevation
  
2,129 ft (649 m)

Length
  
60 km

Mouth
  
Lake Coeur d'Alene

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- left
  
South Fork Coeur d'Alene River, Latour Creek

- right
  
North Fork Coeur d'Alene River

- location
  
Pinehurst, Shoshone County

- location
  
Harrison, Kootenai County

Day trip to the coeur d alene river fly fishing for cutthroat


The Coeur d'Alene River flows 37 miles (60 km) from the Silver Valley into Lake Coeur d'Alene in the U.S. state of Idaho. The stream continues out of Lake Coeur d'Alene as the Spokane River.

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Map of Coeur d'Alene River, Idaho, USA

Before the Bunker Hill Smelter in the Kellogg area, which mined lead and silver, was forced to adopt environmental controls in the 1970s, there was so much lead in the river in the Kellogg area the locals called the stream "Lead Creek."

Salmon levels continue to remain high in the area (needs reference) and it is a popular destination for water-skiing, tubing, and swimming for locals.

All of the real bodies of water in the film Dante's Peak were either the Coeur d'Alene River or one of its tributaries, as Wallace, Idaho, where the movie was filmed, is in the Silver Valley.

References

Coeur d'Alene River Wikipedia