Spokane River photos

Check out these creative, colorful, dramatic photos of the Spokane River taken by the staff photographers at The Spokesman-Review

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Thu., Dec. 9, 2010

With the temperatures hovering near 0 degrees, mist from the Spokane River shrouds Riverfront Park, in Spokane Wash. Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010.

Colin Mulvany The Spokesman-Review
A canada goose stands near a nest along the powerful current of the Spokane River at the Devil's Toenail.

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Part of a new Spokane River cleanup plan requires Avista Corp. to increase dissolved oxygen in Long Lake through its hydro operations like Long Lake Dam.

Colin Mulvany The Spokesman-Review
A construction crane on the north bank of the Spokane River is framed in the sunset by the arches of the Monroe Street Bridge Wednesday evening 7/6/05. The bridge has beeen closed for a major renovation since January 2003. Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review.

Christopher Anderson The Spokesman-Review
The Spokane River is framed in the sunset by the arches of the Monroe Street Bridge Wednesday evening 7/6/05. The bridge has beeen closed for a major renovation since January of 2003.

Christopher Anderson The Spokesman-Review
A rainbow arches up the Spokane Falls under the Monroe St. Bridge Tuesday. The setting sun is captured in the spray from the rocky falls next to the powerplant . With recent warm weather the snowpack is melting and river flows are average or slightly ahead of average at 6500cps. Christopher Anderson photo

Christopher Anderson The Spokesman-Review
Hundreds of river floaters flocked to the Spokane River between Harvard Rd. and Sullivan to beat the heat Sunday, July 25, 2010. The mandatory life jacket use ordinance, adapted by the Spokane County Sheriff's Office on that stretch of water, was largely ignore by most floaters. The sheriff's marine unit wrote over 45 tickets to violators Sunday. J.

J. Bart Rayniak The Spokesman-Review
A colorful rainbow arches across the snow and ice on the shore of the Spokane River at the Monroe Street bridge thursday 1/13/05.

Christopher Anderson The Spokesman-Review
A duck tries to find a landing in the fog rising from the Spokane River at the west end of Riverfront Park early Wednesday morning November 1, 2006.

Christopher Anderson The Spokesman-Review
Fog rises off the Spokane River in Spokane, Washington Wednesday November 1, 2006 as the last colors of fall foliage frame a photographer at dawn.

Christopher Anderson The Spokesman-Review
The winter season has seen mild snowfall but lots of fog as evening commuters travel Highway 195 past Latah Creek and the Qualchan Golf Course south of Spokane, Wash. on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010. Lights from housing developments make the fog glow with bright colors on both sides of the highway.

Christopher Anderson The Spokesman-Review
WEDNESDAY EDITIONS. TOM LUTEY WILL HAVE A STORY. Troy Silte is about to roll through Dead Dog hole on the Spokane River near state line. Dozens of kayakers are playing on the river.

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The Spokane Falls as seen from the Monroe Street Bridge, May 23, 2008, flowing at some 40,600 cubic feet per second greets the dawn in Spokane, WA.

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This is the mouth of the Spokane River where it leaves Lake Coeur d'Alene Tuesday, July 8, 2008. The river runs through from Lake Coeur d'Alene in Idaho to the Columbia River in Washington.

Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
The morning fog rising off the Spokane River frames the west end of Riverfront Park on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2006. The last colors of fall foliage hang in the trees on the north bank of the park as a photographer pauses to watch the rising sun.

Christopher Anderson The Spokesman-Review
Boats make patterns with their wakes on the Spokane River in Post Falls, Idaho, as seen from a helicopter.
A Canada goose swims in the steaming Spokane River in -10 degree weather on Monday near the Ross Point Baptist Camp grounds in Post Falls.

Kathy Plonka The Spokesman-Review
The night skyline of Spokane, Wash. with the Spokane River in the foreground in 1997. This view is from the west.

Christopher Anderson The Spokesman-Review
Fall foliage frames the Spokane Riverfront Park clock tower on Oct. 28, 2006.

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Torrents of water rush along the bottom of the Spokane River, September 26, 2008, at the Devil's Toenail bringing discharges dozens of miles from Idaho through Spokane and eventually depositing into Long Lake.

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Water flows between rocks on the Spokane River just west of the Harvard Road Bridge May 18. 2005. Liberty Lake Sewer and Water District is considering a ban on some dishwater detergents all in an effort to keep the river clean.

Liz Kishimoto The Spokesman-Review
Fog rises off the Spokane River as it winds through Riverfront Park early Wednesday November 1, 2006. CHRISTOPHER ANDERSON The Spokesman-Review

Christopher Anderson The Spokesman-Review
A full moon rises over the Upriver Dam in the Spokane River. Waste and tailings from over 100 years of mining in the Silver Valley has been carried by the rivers and has piled up behind the dam to the point where the EPA is considering having to dredge out behind the dam to mitigate the contamination.

Christopher Anderson The Spokesman-Review
Recent warming weather and rains have brought the waves and spray back to the two channels of the Spokane River through Riverfront Park. This night time exposure shows the rush of water through the south channel past the old Washington Water Power building at top left. The sign is appropriate as you can feel the power of the water from any of the footbridges in the park.

Christopher Anderson The Spokesman-Review
Williams Lake outside of Cheney offers a perfect spot for recreators and wildlife close to the city. The Washington Department of Ecology is preparing to step in and re-write portions of Spokane County''s shoreline master plan, which govern 750 miles of shoreline along local rivers, lakes and streams. The state says Williams Lake exemplifies a Spokane county lake with extensive shorelines and associated wetlands of outstanding ecological integrity, despite development along some areas.

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