• The calm, inviting waters of the Spokane Arm. Photo Credit: NPS\LARO\John Salisbury

    Lake Roosevelt

    National Recreation Area Washington

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Materials For Loan

Video Loan Service
The following DVD is available for loan from the park:

"Fort Spokane Frontier Outpost to Indian Boarding School"
11 minutes

An overview of the different eras of Fort Spokane: military, boarding school, tuberculosis hospital and National Park. This video has historically been shown at the Fort Spokane Visitor Center. It is also in the Fort Spokane Traveling Trunk.

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Did You Know?

fire fighter looking at a stand of ponderosas that have become a wildfire danger

Fire is a natural part of Lake Roosevelt's dry forest and desert environment. Park fire fighters, to protect nearby landowners, manage the forest by extinguishing any wildfire, as well as thin, pile up, and burn excess vegetation in winter. Prescribed fires may be lit to burn what is left.