The Feather River Route and First transcontinental railroad in Palisade Canyon are on opposite sides of the Humboldt River, 2008

Palisade Canyon is a canyon along the Humboldt River in northern Eureka County, Nevada, United States.[1]

Description

The canyon runs along the Humboldt River roughly between State Route 278 upstream (about 7.5 miles [12.1 km] south–southwest of Carlin), and a point about 8 miles (13 km) west of Beowawe and State Route 306 downstream (about 32 miles [51 km] east–southeast of Battle Mountain).[2]

The Humboldt River, rather than flowing into the ocean, eventually loses all its water to evaporation in the Humboldt Sink, and stream-gage measurements undertaken by the United States Geological Survey suggest that Palisade Canyon is the point where the river's flow ceases to increase and begins to decrease.[3]

The canyon was named from a fancied resemblance to the Hudson River Palisades.[4]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Palisade Canyon
  2. ↑ Google (May 27, 2020). "Palisade Canyon, Nevada 89821" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
  3. ↑ Horton, Gary A. (2000). Humboldt River Chronology: an Overview (PDF). Carson City, Nev.: Nevada Division of Water Planning.
  4. ↑ Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 35.

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