The Wild & Scenic Snake River Boater's Guide [Spiral-bound] United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management National System of Public Lands; National Wild and Scenic Rivers System and U.S. Forest Service North Dakota Middle Camp Mountain

Middle Camp Mountain

Munds Mountain

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Longitude: 111° 15' 0" W to 111° 07' 30" W

The Wild & Scenic Snake River Boater's Guide [Spiral-bound] United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management National System of Public Lands; National Wild and Scenic Rivers System and U.S. Forest Service North Dakota Middle Camp MountainThe Snake River likely got its name from the first white explorers who misinterpreted the sign made by the Shoshone peoplewho identified themselves in sign language by moving the hand in a swimming motionwhich appeared to these explorers to be a "snake;" it actually signified that they lived near the river with many fish. Congress designated a 71 mile portion of the Snake River from Hells Canyon Dam to the Oregon Washington border, as a Wild and