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<br />GORE CRt:EI( IWinOLO',y ',ED(JRT <br /> <br />L__GORE J;REEK JLljIiJRY .AN~JU\~lLIOc)Ci,!i'I[~N <br /> <br />A. Location <br /> <br />Gore Creek is located west of the Continental Divide in Col~r3do <br /> <br />and is bounded on the north and SOJth hy 39043' and 39031' latitude, <br /> <br />respectively, Gore Creek lies in the upper Colorado River bas~n and <br /> <br />contributes directly to the Eagle ~iver Basin at Dowds Junction. The <br /> <br />Gore Creek basin area at the confluence with the Eagle River totals <br /> <br />102 square miles, The Eagle River then flo~s into the Colorado Ri~er <br /> <br />at Dotsero, Colorado. <br /> <br />~5,,_ttJ em,en ,L.an cL_EC:Cl!l()m i _c_H ~sto YO)' <br /> <br />Populated areas along Gore Cr,'ek al'E~ viest Vail, the Tm'ln (If Vail <br /> <br />and the Bighorn area (2,5, 5 and 9 miles from the mouth, respectively). <br /> <br />Settlement in the Upper Eagle and Gore Valleys began late in the <br /> <br />nineteenth century as min'incj and sheE~p l'anching deve'loped on the \./estern <br /> <br />C,)lorado slope. The sITIan communi ::ies that developed becan'e more econom.. <br /> <br />i:ally sound with the completion of thE D2nver and Rio-Grande railroad <br /> <br />w1ich was routed through Tennessee Pass, down the Eagle and Colorado <br /> <br />Rivers to Grand Junction. The Gor,> Valle) or(~mained much the Some ','rom <br /> <br />t1e early 1900's until the sk'i I-esort dE,ve'lopment was 'initiated 'in the <br /> <br />early 1960's, The Vail area has since gn)wn to an internationally <br /> <br />fI'cogni zed ski and four..season l-eCi'edti c,n an'a. <br /> <br />~_Cg~l~ tri.c:!,i oJl..smi !'l_CJ:ia)lrl!~LJ)UE' Y~J)!~'/elop!fle(l:t <br /> <br />The Gore Valley is approximately ten miles long and the valley has <br /> <br />been shaped by Pliestocene glacier acticn throughout ITIuch of t~e length <br />