The Jacks Fork RiverThe Definitive Guide

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The Jacks Fork River


From the headwater prongs to the Current, every hollow, spring, bluff, bend, gravel bar, swimming hole and crossing, and what is known about each one.

The Stretch Guide

Go down the river one stretch at a time, from Low Water to the mouth, with the map for each stretch and the places along it.

The Maps

Start from the whole river on the map below: click a plate, then a stretch.

The Book

Deep time, the people, the water, the life of the river, and the guide itself, in six parts.

Map 3Index to the Atlas Plates · click a plate

Did we get something wrong? Have stories? Have pictures?

People who know this stretch of river know things no book has written down. Tell us here. It all goes into the river’s oral history.

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