Jetboat Trivia

[Eagle1]

Where in the pacific NW is steamboat island?

Eagle1

[viking]

Google says Puget Sound, Thurston County.

[Eagle1]

You missed it by a few hundred miles so try again.


Eagle1

[ROCKBOTTOM]

Dennis,You need to be more specific.(pacific nw) Viking is right.THere are at least three possibilitys on the snake and Columbia rivers.Actual islands now or submerged rocks and islands now that did play a big part in steamboat traffic. There is a submerged rock and island just above Lyons Ferry Called steamboat rock.

[Eagle1]

Where is steamboat island located in Idaho and on which river and at what river mile? I made is a bit harder to locate but I did not move it.

Eagle1

[hilljackian]

Steamboat island is on the Snake River, don't know the river mile but it is immediately adjacent to Buffalo Rapids. It that giant (almost) bare cobble island just downstream from Buffalo Eddy:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/46%C2%B010'59.0%22N+116%C2%B056'32.0%22W/@46.183062,-116.944407,577m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d46.183062!4d-116.942213

[Oakes1]

When I was a young lad my grandparents lived on Steamboat island (in the sound), right on the beach. I spend countless hours walking that beach. Hunting for crabs, fishing, throwing sand dollars, and just wasting time the good way. Man I hate video games now! What a great place, and memory. If you ever have a chance, go there and walk. The bridge is only needed when its high tide. Thanks for stirring that memory Dennis.

[Eagle1]

We have a winner. Trump burger and cold Bud at Pittsburg Landing.


Eagle1

[hilljackian]

River mile 160 (according to USGS Topo Map Quad: Captain John Rapids).