Hells Canyon

American  

[helz kan-yuhn] / ˈhɛlz ˈkæn yən /

noun

1. a canyon on the Snake River in southern Idaho and along the Oregon border: 125 miles (210 kilometers) long with a maximum depth of about 7,900 feet (2,408 meters).

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Etymology

Origin of Hells Canyon

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

Fall chinook were classified as threatened in 1992 and include fish in the mainstem Snake River below Hells Canyon Dam, the Salmon River and Clearwater River basins and in the Tucannon, Grande Ronde and Imnaha rivers in Washington state.

From Seattle Times

Those fish could be recovered by reintroducing them above above the Hells Canyon Dam complex.

From Seattle Times

The review noted that there are no longer any steelhead that once spawned in tributaries above Hells Canyon Dam.

From Seattle Times

Historically, the fish spawned in Idaho areas that they can no longer reach, including above the Hells Canyon Dam and parts of the Clearwater River basin, the federal review said.

From Seattle Times

Jared Kennedy, interim director of the conservation group Greater Hells Canyon Council, which is a party to the lawsuit, said that while the 21-inch rule wasn’t perfect, it was an “enforceable standard.”

From Washington Post