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The Clearwater River is a River in northern Idaho , the North Fork of which flows from the Idaho - Montana border westward to join the Snake River at Lewiston . The Lewis And Clark Expedition went down the North Fork just northwest of Lolo Pass.

The Clearwater breaks into several separate forks:

  • Clearwater River (Orofino to Lewiston-Snake River)

  • --- North Fork Clearwater River (stream, Clearwater County - ; headwaters near Illinois Peak to Orofino)


  • -- Little North Fork Clearwater River (stream, Shoshone & Clearwater Counties; headwaters in south-central Shoshone County, join the North Fork in the Dworshak Reservoir)

  • --- Middle Fork Clearwater River (stream, Idaho County - ; formed by the formation of the Selway and Lochsa; Lowell, Idaho to near Kooskia, Idaho)

  • --- South Fork Clearwater River (stream, Idaho County - ; headwaters near Red River Hot Springs to Kooskia)


  • -- Little Clearwater River (stream, Idaho County - ; near Three Prong Mountain to near Spot Mountain)


The Dworshak Reservoir is the only major Lake on the Clearwater system, created from the Dworshak Dam .