Overlooking Brownlee Dam Reservoir-Lake, Local History Signs Explain Prospecting & Mining In This Region. =>
….The Left Sign Says John Brownlee Operated A River Ferry For Miners 1862-64, And Merely From This Meager Beginning => His Name Brownlee Is Adopted For ALL The Major Institutions In This Region!
…. The Steep Canyon Walls Are Seen Above the Water Are Probably Volcanic Rocks, Also Part The Columbia River Basalt Group.

….[ “ …. My lips, with the wind blowing into them, feel dry and cracked.“ ]
….“Farther on we cross a dam ….“

The ZMM Narrator’s“ We Cross A Dam ” Was In 1968: AND By Happenstance Is Same Summer When The Dam Was Completed (See Discussion Below). Before This Year, There Was Likely NO Road Crossing Of The Snake River Hereabouts. (Cont.Next)

Seven Tenths mile upriver from Brownlee Dam, Snake River Canyon, Border of ID & OR.
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According To An Idaho Power Company Re-Licensing Document April 25 2003, The Dam For This Lake Was Completed By Summer 1968. Start PDF.
…. “A classic debate between the proponents of public and private power [started in 1930’s and ] then ensued and continued until 1955, when the Federal Power Commission (FPC) issued a license to Idaho Power Company for its three dam complex. Construction of the Hells Canyon Complex began in the late 1950s, with formal dedication of the entire complex occurring in May of 1968. The HCC is a 1,167 megawatt, 3-dam complex on the Snake River bordering Oregon and Idaho. The HCC Project is comprised of Brownlee,….Oxbow,….and Hells Canyon ….dams and their associated reservoirs, which inundated 12,000 acres and 94 miles of the Snake River.” End PDF.
….((NOTE: The above is/was from a WebPage no longer available, even at Archive.org. The Document was originally at => www.wrd.state.or.us/publication/pdfs/hydro/HCC_PUSP_4-25-03_PDF.pdf: ))
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….MORE INFORMATION ABOUT =>
…I) The Electrical Power Generation Dams On The Snake River, And
…II) Environmental Concerns, Including Associated Wildlife & Fish Reduction.
…A) Brownlee Dam is a hydroelectric earth fill embankment dam in the western United States, on the Snake River on the Idaho-Oregon border, Click Here.
This Wikipedia has a good photo of =>
….. a) Aerial View of Dam, Spillway, and Lake. ….
….. b) A Close Up (Fully Readable) Photo Of The LEFT Sign In /\ Above /\ Photo.
NOTE => Interestingly, we learn that => The Creek at Brownlee Campground, where Narrator & Chris stayed overnight => had “silver mines on Brownlee Creek.”.
…B) Hells Canyon Complex FERC No. 1971.. License Application. General Description and Location of the Hells Canyon Complex.... This huge document covers in great detail => Brownlee Dam, Oxbow Dam, and Hells Canyon Dam.
…C) Northwest Power and Conservation Council Document.
…. This Document Covers => At the center of this public debate were questions about how to develop the hydropower potential of the substantial annual volume of the Snake River in Hells Canyon; how to preserve the scenic canyon for public recreation; and how to protect salmon and steelhead that passed through or spawned in the canyon. These fish had economic importance in the region and, for Indian tribes, a cultural importance.

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(Photo = 111-1173c ...... ZMM Page = 271 ...... WayPt = 298w 2134ft)