Hi folks-- I'm attempting to set up a trip for 10 - 15 people to
Northern Idaho for one week next August in northern, possibly central,
Idaho. We are looking to rent a couple or three cabins on a
canoe-friendly lake, preferably with hiking trails nearby as well.
Avoidance of jet-skis and power boats is important. Any suggestions
out there for a scenic and (relatively) peaceful/isolated (I know,
it's August!) place?
Elena

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Hi folks-- I'm attempting to set up a trip for 10 - 15 people to
Northern Idaho for one week next August in northern, possibly central,
Idaho. We are looking to rent a couple or three cabins on a
canoe-friendly lake, preferably with hiking trails nearby as well.
Avoidance of jet-skis and power boats is important. Any suggestions
out there for a scenic and (relatively) peaceful/isolated (I know,
it's August!) place?
Elena


Does it have to be Idaho? Just across the border, in Montana, are
some nice reservoirs. I'd check into Flathead "Lake", just south of
Glacier National Park. And, if you will have the means to transport
the boats for day trips, there are a couple of lovely reservoirs right
in the NP.

There are several possibilities in East central Idaho, just outside of
Yellowstone and Grand Teton, and of course there are the impoundments
on the Snake in Grand Teton NP in Wyoming. Jackson, WY, area is a
particularly fertile area for a boating, hiking, rafting, riding, and
shopping vacation, but I don't know if there are rental cabins on
Jackson Lake.

Alternatively, use Mapquest or Topozone to find impoundments in N.
Idaho, then, once you have gotten the names of the "lakes" from the
map, google on 'em to learn which ones have resort amenities. You
could also google up the Idaho tourism department.

Sorry I cannot tell you more. I've boated a couple dozen river
stretches along the Continental Divide from Glacier down into central
Colorado, but it's all been whitewater canoeing, and I've only noticed
the lakes when we drove past them, or when we boated dam releases.
The area is lousy with artificial impoundments, though, and those all
show up on the map, so a Mapquest/Google search oughta turn up
something.


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Hi Oci-One

While there are indeed dams in MT and ID, in the northern part of the state
there are a series of glacial lakes, some (like Flathead Lake) augmented by
dams-- the lakes were there before, but humans built relatively low dams (by
Western standards) at their outflow to raise the water level. Lake Pend
Oreille and Lake Coeur D'Alene fall into this category.

Most of these large lakes have motors, however, and while incredibly
beautiful, offer poor opportunity for the solitude that the original poster
wanted. Her best bet is probably Upper Priest Lake. It is pretty wild, and
doesn't have the jetski traffic that the lower lakes have.

Idaho, the White Trash Empowerment State! And as time goes on, it becomes
more and more, the U.S.A.-- the White Trash Empowerment Country!

Best,

Chuck

http://www.wildcountry.info

and in article , Oci-One
Kanubi at wrote on 11/25/03 6:43 AM:

Sorry I cannot tell you more. I've boated a couple dozen river
stretches along the Continental Divide from Glacier down into central
Colorado, but it's all been whitewater canoeing, and I've only noticed
the lakes when we drove past them, or when we boated dam releases.
The area is lousy with artificial impoundments, though, and those all
show up on the map, so a Mapquest/Google search oughta turn up
something.