STEHEKIN AND STEHEKIN RIVER

4893.jpg June 21, 1927 – the first of three oblique pictures of Stehekin Flats taken from the north side of the valley shortly after clearing of the area. The lake level was 1,082.5 ft with a river flow of 5,390 cubic feet per second (cfs). The three pictures (see following) form a panorama.
4893.jpg June 21, 1927 – second of three.
4893.jpg June 21, 1927 – third of three.
4893.jpg Aug. 13, 1953 -- aerial view of the Stehekin River mouth. The lake level was 1,099.9 ft with a river flow of 1,620 cfs. Note the shape of the land and channels around the river mouth.
4893.jpg Sept. 6, 1962 -- aerial view of the Stehekin River mouth. The lake level was 1,099.8 ft with a river flow of 658 cfs. Note the narrow dike directly across the left channel of the river. (Right and left are from the perspective of someone looking downstream along the river.)
4893.jpg July 30, 1978 -- aerial view of the Stehekin River mouth. The lake level was 1,099.9 ft with a river flow of 1,980 cfs. Note the fill across the former left channel at the river mouth.
4893.jpg Oct. 1, 1988 -- aerial view of the Stehekin River mouth. The lake level was 1,098 ft with a river flow of 787 cfs. Note the scars in the lake bottom to the north of the fill.
4893.jpg Sept. 24, 1994 -- aerial view of the Stehekin River mouth. The lake level was 1,098.4 ft with a river flow of 547 cfs.
4893.jpg April 30, 1999 -- aerial view of Stehekin Flats. The lake level was 1,084.3 ft with a river flow of 2,310 cfs.
4893.jpg Aug. 13, 1953 -- aerial view of the Stehekin area. Note how the river’s mouth is displaced by the alluvial deposits on its right, from Devore Creek.
This aerial view of the mouth of the Stehekin River was taken after high flows in the mid-1950s looking toward Weaver Point (at top).
This similar view of the Stehekin Flats area, looking toward Weaver Point, was taken in May 2000, at a lake level of 1,091.9 ft..
This aerial view of the mouth of the Stehekin River was taken following high flows in the mid-1950s looking from the Weaver Point side of the lake toward the Purple Point side.
This similar view of the Stehekin Flats area, looking from the Weaver Point side toward the Purple Point side, was taken in May 2000at a lake level of 1,091.9 ft.
4893.jpg Clearing on Stehekin Flats, 8/29/26
4995.jpg Mt. McGregor from dock, Stehekin, 9/21/26
4997.jpg Clearing at Stehekin, 9/21/26
5146.jpg Clearing at Stehekin, 10/16/26
5153.jpg Camp #5, Stehekin, 10/19/26
paintedrock102225.jpg Painted rock
stehekinmtmcgregor538112826.jpg Stehekin and Mt. McGregor from above Four Mile Creek, 12/8/26
982666.jpg Stehekin, est. 1920s
buildingsatvollmerplacestehekin657562127.jpg Buildings at Vollmer Place, Stehekin 6/21/27.
camp5stehekin489282926.jpg Camp 5, Stehekin, 8/29/26
clearingstehekinflats49159626.jpg Clearing Stehekin Flats, 9/6/26
clearingstehekinflats49169626.jpg Clearing Stehekin Flats, 9/6/26
clearingstehekinflats49179626.jpg Clearing Stehekin Flats, 9/6/26
clearingstehekinflats49189626.jpg Clearing Stehekin Flats, 9/6/26
clearingtobedonesslinebelowsthkin5204102526.jpg Showing beach clearing to be done on S.S. line below Stehekin, 10/25/26
stehekinclearing544112926.jpg Stehekin clearing, 12/9/26
stehekinclearinglaststand544012926.jpg Stehekin clearing "The Last Stand", 12/9/26
stehekinflatsfrompurplepoint54641127.jpg Stehekin Flats from Purple Point, 1/1/27
stehekinflatsfrompurplepoint54651127.jpg Stehekin Flats from Purple Point, 1/1/27
stehekinrvrlakechelan.jpg Stehekin River, Lake Chelan, est. 1920s
weaverplacestehekin784522140.jpg Weaver Place, Stehekin, 2/21/40
weaverplacestehekin784622140.jpg Weaver Place, Stehekin, 2/21/40
weaverplacestehekin784622140.jpg Fishing was successful for this group at the Stehekin River, with the Fields Hotel in the background. (Photo courtesy of the Lake Chelan Historical Society.)
weaverplacestehekin784622140.jpg This was the view from the Fields Hotel looking downlake in 1906. (Photo courtesy of the Lake Chelan Historical Society.)
weaverplacestehekin784622140.jpg This is another view from the Stehekin area taken from the Fields Hotel, date unknown. (Photo courtesy of the Lake Chelan Historical Society.)