Area Info

 

Page, Arizona

 

 

Having just celebrated its 50th birthday, the young town of Page began as a temporary construction camp for the building of Glen Canyon Dam, which created Lake Powell. With a current population of 8,000 the city of Page enjoys an excellent spot on the Grand Circle Tour of five national parks and the Navajo Nation. Page is a lively spot during the spring, summer and fall months and enjoys a relatively quiet winter season.

See:

www.powellmuseum.org/PageHistory.html

 

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Navajo Reservation

 

 

As a sovereign nation, Dinetah or Navajoland, is private. Off-road or highway visitors are allowed only by permit, invitation from the Navajo Nation or the families that have rights to the area. Covering an area the size of Ireland, the Navajo Nation is the largest indigenous nation in the United States. With 27,000 square miles of land, the nation spans into Arizona, Utah and New Mexico. LeChee Chapter (comparable to a county), the area adjacent to Lake Powell and Page, Arizona, is home to some of the most beautiful landscapes in the world.

See:

www.navajo.org

 

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Lake Powell

 

 

The official beginning of Lake Powell began on October 15, 1956 on the Colorado River when blasting started for the Glen Canyon Dam.  The dam was dedicated by Ladybird Johnson on September 22, 1966 and the lake filled to capacity in 1983. Today the lake is one of the greatest destination points for many tourists in the Southwest.  With more shoreline than the West Coast of the United States, the lake is surrounded by red sandstone cliffs, perfect beaches, and incredible mesas, buttes, and a gorgeous view of Natsis'aan (Navajo Mountain). If you like to swim, go boating, zip around on personal watercraft or explore hidden canyons, visit Lake Powell.

See:

 

www.lakepowell.org/history.htm

or

www.nps.gov/glca/

 

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Lee's Ferry

 

 

Lee's Ferry was named after John D. Lee, a Mormon settler who established a ferry across the Colorado River at the beginning of the Grand Canyon. Today, Lee's Ferry is part of the Glen Canyon Recreational Area. Flanked by enormous balancing rocks, the road to the river twists and turns beneath the awe-inspiring Vermillion Cliffs. Lee's Ferry is the place to begin adventures in trout fishing the Colorado or white water rafting through the Grand Canyon.

See:

www.cliffdwellerslodge.com

or

www.leesferry.com