OPEN TODAY: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.

Manuscripts

The folding kayak "Rob Roy" bailed out after nearly swamping at head of Gore Canyon. Gore Canyon drops a maximum of 110 ft. to the mile. Leich portaged the major part of it

Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1933, July 23
Call number: mssMarston papers V001/0024
Find out more: View in the Huntington Digital Library(Opens in new tab); View in the Library catalog(Opens in new tab)

You might also be interested in

The head of Gore Canyon just above the start of the big drop. Gore Canyon drops a maximum of 110 ft. to the mile. Harold H. Leich went through the Canyon but portaged most of the way
Manuscripts
mssMarston papers V001/0025
Harold H. Leich in his folding kayak "Rob Roy" edging along shore in Byers Canyon
Manuscripts
mssMarston papers V001/0015
Harold H. Leich in his folding kayak, "Rob Roy." Leaving Glenwood Springs
Manuscripts
mssMarston papers V160/0056
Harold H. Leich in his folding kayak "Rob Roy" leaving Glenwood Springs
Manuscripts
mssMarston papers V181/0057
Harold H. Leich traversed the upper Colorado River from Grand Lake to Hite and capsized in Byers Canyon. Leich used a folding kayak on the upper part of the trip
Manuscripts
mssMarston papers V001/0014
Leich's kayak "Rob Roy" in Blacktail Canyon on the upper Colorado River. Blacktail Canyon has an average fall of 20-30 feet per mile
Manuscripts
mssMarston papers V001/0027