Spokane River at Post Falls opens for boating, but Q’emiln launch closed
WATERSPORTS -- The Spokane River has opened to recreation from the Spokane Street Bridge downstream to the boater safety cables above the Post Falls Dam. River flows have dropped sufficiently to allow all of the spillway gates at the hydroelectric facility to be closed, Avista Utilities officials announced today.
However, the Q’emiln Park boat launch, managed by the City of Post Falls, will not open to the public until sometime in mid-June.
Equipment is in the area for the South Channel Dam Rehabilitation Project.
The boat launch usually opens around June 22nd each year, and Avista expects to have its work done around that time.
The Q’emiln Park swim beach is open but the area will not have lifeguards on duty until the Park’s normal schedule begins after school is out.
