Big Creek

[HB Vic]

Been awhile since I've been up here. I think the first time I came up was 1980 something when I worked for SCE. Always loved it up here. The old guys used to call this Gods Country, and I think they were right.

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I remember coming up here in July and looking up at the snow banks on the side of the road. Seems like those days are gone.

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Water is almost scarce up here now. Not even the hydros can run its so low. What's scarier is the vegetation is pretty dry, and it's only May. I can't imagine what it will be like in August.

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But it's still amazing up here. The color of the water is crazy blue.

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I was only able to visit Big Creek #1 yesterday. There are somewhere around 8-10 power houses up here not to mention several other facilities. Back in the day we would spend two weeks here and it would take almost that long to visit them all.

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Big Creek #1 also used to have a hatchery with a dedicated staff. Seems the environmental nazis but an end to that because the fish were contaminating the river with their poop. Imagine that, now the fish need a treatment plant to poop lol

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When this place was alive it was like a small city. There was a waiting list to get in to a company owned and provided home. Today many, if not most of them are empty.

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Strange. With all the cutbacks and layoffs and automated facilities, why are our electric rates still rising? Lol

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I would still love to come up here for a solid week with a little boat, a couple fishing poles and ice chest in tow and do absolutely nothing.

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It really is Gods Country [emoji4]


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[Undersoul02]

Beautiful place!

[2manymustangs]

Been awhile since I've been up here. I think the first time I came up was 1980 something when I worked for SCE. Always loved it up here. The old guys used to call this Gods Country, and I think they were right.


I would still love to come up here for a solid week with a little boat, a couple fishing poles and ice chest in tow and do absolutely nothing.


It really is Gods Country [emoji4]


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Im in!!! :smiley-fish:


P.S. Just 1/4 mile from my house is BIG CREEK, one of the larger missouri river tributaries, you threw me off with the title of this thread... :)

[HotWater]

Shaver is a great place to relax during the week, weekends can get really busy. My Grandparents have had a cabin up there for years so I have been fortunate to be able to spend lots of time all around that area boating, fishing, skiing, hunting and four wheeling. I learned to water ski on Shaver behind my Grandpas old 16' Glastron Trihull with a 70 horse Johnston.


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[HB Vic]

Shaver is a great place to relax during the week, weekends can get really busy. My Grandparents have had a cabin up there for years so I have been fortunate to be able to spend lots of time all around that area boating, fishing, skiing, hunting and four wheeling. I learned to water ski on Shaver behind my Grandpas old 16' Glastron Trihull with a 70 horse Johnston.


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Really is an amazing place. Wish I had my pics of Mono, Huntington and the river. Some really cool stuff back there. I need to go back and take more pics to replace the ones that were stolen from me


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[AZKC]

Very nice. Thanks for sharing. People forget about places like that.

[Mrs.K034]

Such pretty pictures, never been, but looks like a nice place. Too bad the water is so low!!


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[76Bonneville]

Have been to Shaver 3 or 4 times and stayed at Camp Edison.
One of our favorite lakes.
Thanks for sharing.

[MrDenton]

That water is low enough I should take a trip up to find our lower unit. One of those big granite boulders reached up and snapped it off our 55hp Evinrude back in '77. I was only 7 but remember that noise like it was yesterday.


“Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. The US military doesn’t have that problem.”

[2manymustangs]

That water is low enough I should take a trip up to find our lower unit. One of those big granite boulders reached up and snapped it off our 55hp Evinrude back in '77. I was only 7 but remember that noise like it was yesterday.


“Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. The US military doesn’t have that problem.”

OUCH... :yikes:

[shueman]

I have been going to Shaver since 1960...yep, that old...lol The whole neighborhood went...Dorabelle was the only campground...
Last trip was 2011 when they drained down the lake to repair the dam...this was in October...

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[shueman]

View from Edison Marina...
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[HB Vic]

I believe this year is their 100yr anniversary.


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[Mrs.K034]

I have been going to Shaver since 1960...yep, that old...lol The whole neighborhood went...Dorabelle was the only campground...
Last trip was 2011 when they drained down the lake to repair the dam...this was in October...

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Wow! Too bad the water is so low sounds like a great place!


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[HotWater]

Wow! Too bad the water is so low sounds like a great place!


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It's low but not that low right now. That picture is from a couple years back when they drained it.


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[Mrs.K034]

It's low but not that low right now. That picture is from a couple years back when they drained it.


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That's good! Ashley was saying that it snowed there last week or so? Does the temp stay pretty cool all year there? Or is that weird for this time of year?


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[HotWater]

That's good! Ashley was saying that it snowed there last week or so? Does the temp stay pretty cool all year there? Or is that weird for this time of year?


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The snow was unusual but it does stay much cooler up there. About 45 minutes and I can be up there for some relief of the valley heat.


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[Mrs.K034]

The snow was unusual but it does stay much cooler up there. About 45 minutes and I can be up there for some relief of the valley heat.


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How nice!!!


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