Green River, Beehive Point on middle right. Utah. 1871. Photo by E. O.
Beaman.
USGS Earth Science Photographic Archive digital file: hjk00527
Beehive Point is submerged by Flaming Gorge Reservoir. Downstream of the
point, the Green River cuts a canyon through Bear Mountain (a great cuesta
ridge on the northeast side of the Uinta Range). Powell named this section
of the river downstream, Red Canyon. |