Cataract Canyon

A large canyon entered from the left, terminating Cataract Canyon, which we credited with forty-one miles, and in which I counted sixty-two rapids and cataracts, enough to give any set of boatmen all the work they could desire.

A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 Frederick S. Dellenbaugh

Spaniards, and they subsequently left their cliff and cavate dwellings and moved into Cataract Canyon, where they now live.

Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891 John Wesley Powell 1868

To fully enjoy Cataract Canyon and Canyonlands National Park plan on a minimum of 4-days in the spring on a motorized trip or 7-days in the fall months on an oar powered expedition.

MMD Newswire: Press Release News Wire 2010

Our last night above Cataract Canyon was memorable.

The Seattle Times 2008