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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Figure 13. Stop 1. Bellvue Dome and Watson Lake. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Looking north you can see Watson Lake and the <br />Fish Rearing Unit operated by the Colorado <br />DepaI'tment of Game, Fish, .and Parks. Rainbow <br />trout are raised here for stocking in Colorado's <br />streams and lakes. Watson Lake is open for <br />public fishing. You are welcome to visit both <br />of these facilities. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />On the right side of the lake is Bellvue Dome, <br />which looks like a hill that has been cut in half. <br />The dome was formed millions of years ago by the <br />folding of the earth's crust. Later, after <br />sediment washed down from the mountains and covered <br />it, the Poudre established its course across the <br />top of the dome. Then once again the earth began <br />to change, going through a period of uplifts. <br />While the land rose, the river continued to <br />maintain its course and cut down through the dome. <br />All thse processes happened so slowly that they <br />would have been unnoticed by man. The earth's <br />surface is slowly but constantly changing. Even <br />now some mountains are being flattened while <br />others are rising. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br />