Fishing for Salmon at Kettle Falls

ID: 4948 ~ Source: Photo courtesy of Washington State Archives, Digital Archives. ~ Date: 1910-1940
This file appears in: The Ceremony of Tears

Men fishing for salmon at Kettle Falls before Grand Coulee Dam was built.

This file appears in: The Ceremony of Tears

By Tara Justine
For centuries, Kettle Falls was a fishing spot and a gathering place. When Grand Coulee Dam began construction in 1933, thousands of years of history and tradition suddenly changed. By 1940, the waters of Lake Roosevelt began to rise, slowly…